Nothing like buying a perfectly good MP3 device to a year later have a new OS come out and be told by Rio that they will not put out software for the new OS, and that you have to buy a new MP3 Player.
.... the most important thing that you could do is an in house test. In my opinion, the best certification that has been available in years was the CCIE, Mainly baecause it was a hands on test. If you really want to be able to say someone is a Linux Expert design a test around the things that are most important and have each canidate pass the exam.
I would say the following are areas to focus on:
Security, Security, Security!!! A good security minded person will naturally have all of the administration skills; user accounts, passwords, ftp security, etc.
configuration to various hardware platforms, Raids, NICs, etc.(note this should require recompilation)
Connectivity, SMB, NFS, etc...
Automation, setting up maintenance, logs, and alerts
Live diagnostics, can you find out what is wrong without taking down the server
Clustering (if you need someone with that much knowledge)
Problem solving! Not everything you do will be in a how-to, or man, or even in a book. The best "experts" know how to make their own solutions when there is not a suitable one available. That is also a real core value in the Linux Community.
A very important thing to keep in mind is that there is a big difference between clients and servers, and just because a person is good at one, does not mean that he or she will be good at the other.
...how long it will be until someone at the DOJ reads this and starts an investigation (via the Patriot Act) of everyone who has downloaded or purchased Linux. Maybe they can hold Linus as an illegal combatant?
Nice to see that this author is so poor at journalism, that he can only put up tired references to the attacks on September 11. I hope that he one day understands that he is so little of a man.
the company ****** in many ***** so as to protect *** *******. While ***** there are **** valid **** ***** ****** free use of the ****** is approved *** all employees.
I have been getting calls since the DNC registry went into effect, whereas I did not before. Basically I am sure they did not have my number before and now I was dumb enough to sign up and give it to them. Although a healthy dose of heavy swearing seems to drive away any thought of calling me twice.
I worked for a company in Houston that had a color printing press that was from 1964, it was hooked up to an IBM computer (I am not sure what kind because the name had worn off) from 1978. We had to rig this to an Apple IIc just so we could get apple talk running so that it could hook to our Novell 2 network and receive print jobs from the Windows 3.11 PC's.
Now this might not have seemed odd in '90 or '91, but this was '99. We used to send people to Goodwill to look for "new" PC's for new employees.
This same company employs over 50 programmers. Because they are so cheap, they just bought them 486's to run Windows 95 last year. They had someone write their C++ compiler so they would not have to buy any commercial software.
Trust me, I have never met anyone in Marketing who knows more about Windows than any of my people. Although there are many of them out there.
My god, you really are buying into Micro$oft's wizards and how to's. Hey who needs IT people when you have Micro$oft?
You are one of those companies we all read about that goes down everytime there is a new vulnerability. I just thought you were a myth.
email us an update when the next worm comes out...oh wait a minute, you won't be able to email when the next worm comes out. mainly because it will be on your new servers.
...what Amazon , Google, & Ebay will say? Surely they have all patented this too at some point or another. I am still waiting on someone to patent the "displaying content on a website so as to disseminate information."
...spend more time meeting females than playing with computers. Trust me, there will be plenty of time for the latter, there is never enough time for the former.
...not being a big fan of Miscrsoft at all, this article is still stupid. I contracted for many years, and it is the same no matter where you go. Dell, Dynegy, IBM, even public universities. Basically, being a contractor has benefits and drawbacks. If you do not want the "pitfalls" of being a contractor, then do not be one. If you have the skills, someone will hire you fulltime at a salary comensurate with the economy. If you do no have the skills to be hired full time, then work as a contractor. Or maybe, do it because you like the freedom of not being a fulltime employee.
In either event, it is not the companies fault. They are not required to give you gainful employment in what ever form you want it in, if at all.
...self-proclaimed security expert giving us his opinion. No suggestions to resolve the issue, no recommendations, nada. Probably someone who never has actually written large chunks of code, or been part of a large program's development team. And more or less, he has no real point. Hey IT guy, quit trying to developers how to do their job until you can do it better!
...they will be interested in patenting web content next. I can see it now, "No really, we are the ones who came up with the idea that websites could have 'information'."
...say it. "That is not a security hole, it is a feature!" The reality is, yes physical security is in fact a major issue. However, there is no need to allow Windows 2000 Recovery Console to access Windows XP machines, perhaps it would have been best to make it so that only XP recovery consoles could access XP machines. No matter how the author tries to spin this, it is a security hole. If you are complying with Microsoft Licensing, as I am sure everyone who reads Slashdot is, then you will have a copy of Windows XP professional lying around somewhere. Thus no need to use the Windows 2000 CD.
...that the movie Golden Eye represents programmers accurately. I mean after all, doesn't everyone know a hot female Russian programmer? Revolution OS might be the most accurate portrayal.
Of course the realy odd thing about this is, you have to register to read the article. Kind of ironic posting about wanting privacy and fearing Big Brother, and then sending people to a link where they have to register.
...salvage rights are guranteed to the person who can haul it in. At least that is the case for oceans, seas, etc. it might be different for rivers in the CONUS. In some cases injuctions have been granted to the government for cases of historical preservation. It unfortunately becoms a case of who ever is first to the site, or first to the judge. In short anything that sinks belongs to whomever is willing to bring it up. Maybe an interesting idea would be to an underwater national park/museum. It would preserve any artifacts and generate some revenue for the Parks and Wildlife Service, while allowing the public to see their history.
First, crappy backups are better than no backups. I think someone already said it, but that is definitely the truth. Second I would ask, have you thought about using a SAN. Depending on how often you do backups, hopefully not nightly if you are doing it manually, and also how much demand there is for restoration, you could build a Linux server configured as a SAN. Move the data to drives configured in RAID V, and then put the drives into storage for archival, I would really recommend rotating drives so that no drive sits longer than a few months, but that isa cost issue. With a Linux SAN, you could automate your backups and also give yourself a great restore system in the process.
...just say no. They do not need to install anything, I would tell the cable installer that if he/she has to install the software, then you do not want the service. Cable companies want your business more than they want to sell your info. This is another fine example of people infringing on your privacy without you knowing.
I seem to remember from my computer science class (actually any class) that we were told if you need help ask for it, from anyone. The point of a university is to learn, not inhibit learning.
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Nothing like buying a perfectly good MP3 device to a year later have a new OS come out and be told by Rio that they will not put out software for the new OS, and that you have to buy a new MP3 Player.
Really good point. There are far too many things to know, to be an expert at all of them.
.... the most important thing that you could do is an in house test. In my opinion, the best certification that has been available in years was the CCIE, Mainly baecause it was a hands on test. If you really want to be able to say someone is a Linux Expert design a test around the things that are most important and have each canidate pass the exam.
I would say the following are areas to focus on:
Security, Security, Security!!! A good security minded person will naturally have all of the administration skills; user accounts, passwords, ftp security, etc.
configuration to various hardware platforms, Raids, NICs, etc.(note this should require recompilation)
Connectivity, SMB, NFS, etc...
Automation, setting up maintenance, logs, and alerts
Live diagnostics, can you find out what is wrong without taking down the server
Clustering (if you need someone with that much knowledge)
Problem solving! Not everything you do will be in a how-to, or man, or even in a book. The best "experts" know how to make their own solutions when there is not a suitable one available. That is also a real core value in the Linux Community.
A very important thing to keep in mind is that there is a big difference between clients and servers, and just because a person is good at one, does not mean that he or she will be good at the other.
...how long it will be until someone at the DOJ reads this and starts an investigation (via the Patriot Act) of everyone who has downloaded or purchased Linux. Maybe they can hold Linus as an illegal combatant? Nice to see that this author is so poor at journalism, that he can only put up tired references to the attacks on September 11. I hope that he one day understands that he is so little of a man.
the company ****** in many ***** so as to protect *** *******. While ***** there are **** valid **** ***** ****** free use of the ****** is approved *** all employees.
I have been getting calls since the DNC registry went into effect, whereas I did not before. Basically I am sure they did not have my number before and now I was dumb enough to sign up and give it to them. Although a healthy dose of heavy swearing seems to drive away any thought of calling me twice.
I worked for a company in Houston that had a color printing press that was from 1964, it was hooked up to an IBM computer (I am not sure what kind because the name had worn off) from 1978. We had to rig this to an Apple IIc just so we could get apple talk running so that it could hook to our Novell 2 network and receive print jobs from the Windows 3.11 PC's. Now this might not have seemed odd in '90 or '91, but this was '99. We used to send people to Goodwill to look for "new" PC's for new employees. This same company employs over 50 programmers. Because they are so cheap, they just bought them 486's to run Windows 95 last year. They had someone write their C++ compiler so they would not have to buy any commercial software.
Trust me, I have never met anyone in Marketing who knows more about Windows than any of my people. Although there are many of them out there. My god, you really are buying into Micro$oft's wizards and how to's. Hey who needs IT people when you have Micro$oft? You are one of those companies we all read about that goes down everytime there is a new vulnerability. I just thought you were a myth.
email us an update when the next worm comes out...oh wait a minute, you won't be able to email when the next worm comes out. mainly because it will be on your new servers.
...what Amazon , Google, & Ebay will say? Surely they have all patented this too at some point or another. I am still waiting on someone to patent the "displaying content on a website so as to disseminate information."
...spend more time meeting females than playing with computers. Trust me, there will be plenty of time for the latter, there is never enough time for the former.
...not being a big fan of Miscrsoft at all, this article is still stupid. I contracted for many years, and it is the same no matter where you go. Dell, Dynegy, IBM, even public universities. Basically, being a contractor has benefits and drawbacks. If you do not want the "pitfalls" of being a contractor, then do not be one. If you have the skills, someone will hire you fulltime at a salary comensurate with the economy. If you do no have the skills to be hired full time, then work as a contractor. Or maybe, do it because you like the freedom of not being a fulltime employee. In either event, it is not the companies fault. They are not required to give you gainful employment in what ever form you want it in, if at all.
...self-proclaimed security expert giving us his opinion. No suggestions to resolve the issue, no recommendations, nada. Probably someone who never has actually written large chunks of code, or been part of a large program's development team. And more or less, he has no real point. Hey IT guy, quit trying to developers how to do their job until you can do it better!
...really? Awesome. It was intended as a stretch, but I did not think it was that good.
...they will be interested in patenting web content next. I can see it now, "No really, we are the ones who came up with the idea that websites could have 'information'."
...say it. "That is not a security hole, it is a feature!" The reality is, yes physical security is in fact a major issue. However, there is no need to allow Windows 2000 Recovery Console to access Windows XP machines, perhaps it would have been best to make it so that only XP recovery consoles could access XP machines. No matter how the author tries to spin this, it is a security hole. If you are complying with Microsoft Licensing, as I am sure everyone who reads Slashdot is, then you will have a copy of Windows XP professional lying around somewhere. Thus no need to use the Windows 2000 CD.
...that the movie Golden Eye represents programmers accurately. I mean after all, doesn't everyone know a hot female Russian programmer? Revolution OS might be the most accurate portrayal.
Of course the realy odd thing about this is, you have to register to read the article. Kind of ironic posting about wanting privacy and fearing Big Brother, and then sending people to a link where they have to register.
...salvage rights are guranteed to the person who can haul it in. At least that is the case for oceans, seas, etc. it might be different for rivers in the CONUS. In some cases injuctions have been granted to the government for cases of historical preservation. It unfortunately becoms a case of who ever is first to the site, or first to the judge. In short anything that sinks belongs to whomever is willing to bring it up. Maybe an interesting idea would be to an underwater national park/museum. It would preserve any artifacts and generate some revenue for the Parks and Wildlife Service, while allowing the public to see their history.
First, crappy backups are better than no backups. I think someone already said it, but that is definitely the truth. Second I would ask, have you thought about using a SAN. Depending on how often you do backups, hopefully not nightly if you are doing it manually, and also how much demand there is for restoration, you could build a Linux server configured as a SAN. Move the data to drives configured in RAID V, and then put the drives into storage for archival, I would really recommend rotating drives so that no drive sits longer than a few months, but that isa cost issue. With a Linux SAN, you could automate your backups and also give yourself a great restore system in the process.
...just say no. They do not need to install anything, I would tell the cable installer that if he/she has to install the software, then you do not want the service. Cable companies want your business more than they want to sell your info. This is another fine example of people infringing on your privacy without you knowing.
I seem to remember from my computer science class (actually any class) that we were told if you need help ask for it, from anyone. The point of a university is to learn, not inhibit learning.