> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Evan Pettrey > > I've noticed that the vast majority of sys admins who are heavily involved in > the online community and the real-life community (i.e. professional orgs like > LOPSA) seem to be Linux admins. Why is it that Linux admins tend me to be > so much more involved do you guys think?
I think the population of community-involved individuals that you're sampling is biased by the fact that they're in communities where you participate. I know whenever I need any help on any other OS, including OSX and Windows, Solaris, and other closed source OSes, I find plenty of help from those communities as well. All in all, I spend more time discussing non-linux things in various communities including this one. Mostly because there's more interesting stuff happening in other OSes in the last couple of years. Also, referring to people as "linux admins" sort of implies exclusion of other OSes. This introduces further bias into your conclusion. While I would happily identify myself as a Linux admin, I will also identify myself as an admin of many other OSes. There is almost no such thing as a linux admin who doesn't also admin other OSes. _______________________________________________ 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/
