The Rise and Rise of IT Administrators

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday December 6, 2003 @05:26AM from the thorn-in-the-side dept.

maffstephens writes "Have you noticed how difficult it's become to develop software? Not because software is more complex, but because there seems to be an army of administrators standing in your way - sys admins, network admins, database admins, runtime admins - the list is endless. They should be there to help us, to make our lives easier, but the reality is often very different. This thought-provoking article from Software Reality is all about the emerging culture of spiteful, dog-in-the-manger prevention amongst corporate IT administrators. Software development has become so inefficient as a result, it's no wonder so many companies are outsourcing."

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Re:We need more planning and less coding. by einer · 2003-12-06 07:50 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Developers don't need root access. Simple.

For what? Give me one good reason why.

strace for one.

I'm sure there are others. You're attitude reminds me of a school principal who employs a zero tolerance policy out of sheer laziness.

On my dev box, I am root. You cannot predict my every need. To assume so is either supremely arrogant, or stupid.