Don't become a UN*X developer until you've learned how to deal with the environment you'll be working in, be it Linux, Solaris, whatever. There are few things more irritating than a "Senior Developer" who doesn't know how to set his PATH, but expects root access to your machines so he can piddle with his applications.
Lots of comments here mention that sysadmins are to be faulted for the spread of this worm. I wonder how many of the infected systems were in fact installed by part-timers who then walked away, or are just being run by newer linux users.
Keep watching, you'll see more of this as linux becomes even easier to install and use. Joe User likes it because it's easy to install and comes with lots of services he can run right out of the box. Joe User doesn't do sysadmin work, what do you mean it doesn't update itself?
Automatic update utilities need to keep pace with the ease of use and hands-off administration that people generally apply to a desktop OS like Windows, otherwise we're basically handing all these new users a gun that's already pointed at their heads.
a short story that deserves mention
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"The Man Who Had No Idea" by Thomas M. Disch is dystopian in a more personal scope. Be sure to visit the 8minutedating site after you read it to, ah, enhance the experience.:P
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Don't become a UN*X developer until you've learned how to deal with the environment you'll be working in, be it Linux, Solaris, whatever. There are few things more irritating than a "Senior Developer" who doesn't know how to set his PATH, but expects root access to your machines so he can piddle with his applications.
Spider Robinson had something to say about extending copyright. I think it's still relevant.
http://www.tale.com/titles-free.phtml?title_id=39
The simplest explanation is that they must have disparaged Scientology in some way.
Lots of comments here mention that sysadmins are to be faulted for the spread of this worm. I wonder how many of the infected systems were in fact installed by part-timers who then walked away, or are just being run by newer linux users.
Keep watching, you'll see more of this as linux becomes even easier to install and use. Joe User likes it because it's easy to install and comes with lots of services he can run right out of the box. Joe User doesn't do sysadmin work, what do you mean it doesn't update itself?
Automatic update utilities need to keep pace with the ease of use and hands-off administration that people generally apply to a desktop OS like Windows, otherwise we're basically handing all these new users a gun that's already pointed at their heads.
"The Man Who Had No Idea" by Thomas M. Disch is dystopian in a more personal scope. Be sure to visit the 8minutedating site after you read it to, ah, enhance the experience. :P