On 10/29/2010 5:25 AM, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
> On 10-10-28 07:02 PM, Lynda wrote:
>> shared, and accessible, without even the necessity of logging in. My
>> membership fees are due any day now (I got a notice ages ago), and I'm
>> trying to think of what it was that I found good.

> For me personally, that is good, practical and usable today: the mailing
> lists. I do find they are worth the membership fee.

I will just point out something that you probably already knew. You 
don't have to be a member to be on the mailing lists. They're open. Just 
subscribe. It was one of the things I welcomed when they first started up.

> Something I have now come to accept that I might never see in my life time,
> but I still think it is good for the next generation: An attempt at making
> system administration more organized and more professional.

Certainly. The systems that anyone would manage are constantly changing, 
of course. I was very amused over on the IPv6 thread to have so many 
people chime in about older systems, many of which I'd used. I come from 
a time when Systems Programming was an art, and valued highly, and it 
*was* more professional. I don't know that you're ever going to see it 
more organized, though. I believe it will remain fragmented, at least by 
industry.

Feh. Too early for me. I'm going to stop there.

-- 
Finding a needle in a haystack is a lot easier
if you burn down the haystack and scan the ashes
with a metal detector.
   (Silicon Valley Tarot: Steve Jackson Games)
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