> Taking others to task over a lack of openness? What did I > say that gave you that idea?
I was given that idea by the two paragraphs that followed your "Why settle for less?" comment: > Wait. Are you all telling me that I'm somehow lacking > because I don't go in "under the covers?" I'm not really > concerned about doing a good job unless I'm writing > code? I'm a "new person" because I manage Windows > systems? That I'm using training wheels? > If that's the prevailing opinion of LOPSA members, then > I think I may have identified why you seem to be light on > Windows sysamins. It's late, but I _think_ the point I was trying to make is that language is sometimes a fragile tool. I could have assumed with your "Why settle for less?" that you meant GUI tools were superior to non-GUI solutions, and could also have then decided to take offense at your position based on my own experiences. And if I had, it would have been a completely non-productive flame fest. (I didn't take offense. I simply asked you for clarification. I did assume that you were taking the rest of the community to task over a perceived lack of openness, and if that was in error, I apologize. Even then, though, I did not take offense. If the community does have a lack of openness or is hostile to Windows admins, it certainly is a bias that needs to be explored so that we can deal with it.) So, getting to the point...if we are going to have this discussion, then we all need to make an effort to cut each other some slack and look past each others' choices of wording, and try not to take offense at the minor details. I think it's also important that we recognize that we _all_ have our "sacred cows". I think anyone who thinks they don't just hasn't looked hard enough for it, yet. Personally, I think the perceived higher representation of *nix admins in the mailing lists is because Windows admins might be more accustomed from getting advise and discussing the solutions with the "Anointed" (Microsoft-maintained knowledge bases, Microsoft-moderated support forums, etc....), whereas *nix admins are accustomed to collaborating with each other, independently...probably owing in part, as someone else I think said, from the history of *nix in Academia. Hence the reason that *nix admins might be over-represented in non-vendor bulletin boards and mailing lists such as LOPSAs. But that's just a hunch, and I have no empirical data to back that up. _______________________________________________ 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/
