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iTWire: Where Are the Linux Admins?
Mar 11, 2007, 01 :00 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (12436 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"In the battle to spread the use of GNU/Linux, it is often forgotten that education has to be the starting point. People need to be educated to the point where they come to demand decent behaviour from an operating system; companies need educated admins to keep GNU/Linux systems running.

"It's the second point that I'm looking at as it tends to hamper take-up of Linux at the corporate and semi-corporate levels. There is a lack of properly trained administrators and it isn't going to get better. It isn't FUD, it's true and one doesn't need a survey to find out--just talk to people in the field..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...There is a lack of properly trained a ...   I'm in Seattle.   
Brandioch Conner
Mar 11, 2007, 03:14:15
 
First as a Linux system administrator I  ...   Offended   
Eddie
Mar 11, 2007, 03:35:04
 
Two issues with the iTWire: Where Are th ...   Lack of Linux Administrators   
Arv
Mar 11, 2007, 03:40:09
 
Must of been a slow news week in Aussiel ...   Nonsense!!!!!!!   
Michael
Mar 11, 2007, 03:59:19
 
'cause he was talking out of his ars ...   It really stinks   
IMQ
Mar 11, 2007, 04:10:06
 
This article is both completely off-base ...   Uhhh   
Cabal
Mar 11, 2007, 04:43:57
 
I'm currently an LPIC2.I'm worki ...   Here I am   
James
Mar 11, 2007, 08:42:42
 
 Never mind whether you are searching fo ...   Same problem for every other IT field   
Shamar
Mar 11, 2007, 08:58:02
 
The author knows nothing about what syst ...   This article is FUD, not based on facts.   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 11, 2007, 16:24:33
 
Your comment, in your defense, please.Wh ...   Sam Varghese, FUD-maker.   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 11, 2007, 16:29:20
 
When an author has to specifically state ...   When the author asserts "This isn't FUD"...   
Bob_Robertson
Mar 11, 2007, 19:24:02
 
Gents, I did a little research. 50 of hi ...   Sam Varghese, of Australia.   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 11, 2007, 20:30:58
 
Of course, there are fewer Linux SAs tha ...   Right and Wrong Here - Mostly Wrong   
Richard Steven Hack
Mar 11, 2007, 22:25:15
 
And out of your price range lol. ...   Gainfully employeed   
Matthew Lenz
Mar 11, 2007, 22:56:39
 
I cannot find any base in reality with t ...   Pile of rubbish   
Joe User
Mar 12, 2007, 02:45:35
 
being a Linux Admin requires a certain i ...   Linux Admins   
Robert M. Stockmann
Mar 12, 2007, 03:08:04
 
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