To further clarify my position, I think there is a line between "desktop support", and "system administration". But it is an _incredibly_ thin line, and I'm not certain how to characterize that line.
Desktop support might include maintaining and configuring a locally installed application or application suite...like Microsoft Office. But if this is a single installation on that desktop shared by multiple local user accounts, this is now edging into system administration... I don't know. I feel like there is a difference between system administration and desktop support...though the two are definitely wed to each other. But without being able to quantify the difference, I won't exclude them from the party. ;) Also, I think it's appropriate for "desktop support professionals" to be welcomed among our ranks because they are likely (read: "doomed", *wink* ) to become system administrators as they advance in their careers. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 16:19, Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > Point noted. I've been out of the desktop support biz long enough > that I tend to focus on consumer facing stuff. My bad, absolutely. > > So, update: > > Think about all the things you do with your computer each day, at home > and at work. Then think about the people who make all that possible. > From the people who take care of your desktop, those who manage all > the networks, to the people that take care of all the servers. They > are system administrators, network administrators, etc. > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
