iTWire: Where Are the Linux Admins?

"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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