[AusNOG] Time for AusSOG I think (was Re: Happy Sysadminday)

[Anthony Spruce]

On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 11:11 +1000, Andrew Fort wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Narelle <narellec at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Mark Smith
> > <nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> What are sysadmins doing on a _network operator_ mailing list?
> >
> > Alright, I'll bite.
> 
> > Time was the good network administrator was also a respectable
> > sysadmin. I've met more than one netadmin in recent times that can't
> > even find their way around a *nix file system.
> 
> Unfortunately I've seen this far too often in recent years also.  This
> may be the reason I'm weary of those with networking certificates but
> little or no systems experience.  If people aren't excited about
> building systems (incorporating all of these things), they're going to
> suck, frankly.
> 

I was doing Networking in TAFE here in NSW a few years back, and half of
the course was actually dealing with Linux, SQL Servers and Windows. So,
it gives the idea that to be a good Netadmin, you also gotta be a decent
Sysadmin.

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