“You’d think the Sysadmin of the Year winner would get an armful
of roses and pour happy tears onto a red-carpeted stage as an
overage crooner sings, ‘Here he comes, Mister Sysadmin of the
Year,’ but this is a different kind of contest. For one thing,
there was no swimsuit competition–although if there had been,
winner Michael Beck says he would have worn ‘orange and black surf
shorts.’“Miss America contestants often start entering beauty pageants
at an early age, but Sysadmin of the Year contestants seem to have
skipped this preparatory stage in their contest careers…”
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