There is nothing wrong with teaching your colleagues Linux -- however, you should not be spoonfeeding them. There are things that are best self-taught and learned by experience rather than by lectures and books. Let them figure it out themselves and just offer help if they're stuck... but of course, teach them the basics so as not to screw the current system.
===o000o=== Prof. Rommel Palma Feria, MSc, DIC, SCJP2 Health Informatics and Mobile Computing Group Dept. of Computer Science College of Engineering University of the Philippines at Diliman Quezon City 1101 Philippines Telefax: +63-2-4343639 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===o000o=== Lead, follow or get out of the way! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: [plug] teach Linux to my co-worker > Hi, > > Pasensisiya na kayo I think this is again off-topic. This message is a > little bit personal. Pero I need your opinion or advise. > > My Boss told me to teach my co-worker to configure, install, and maintain > our Linux servers. They are worrying because if I am absent nobody in our > company can manage our servers. My co-worker knows only to install Linux, > but he don't know yet how to install and configure squid and the server > applications. > > Question: > 1. Is it advisable to teach him all my knowledge about server > applications? Kasi I spent 3 yrs. already to learn Linux and then ituturo > kulang ng parang spoon feeding. > > 2. Hindi naman kaya parang akoy selfish kung diko ituro ang lahat ng > nalalaman ko. > > I am worrying too kasi kung a-alis na ako dito sa company namin wala ng > LInux administrator. In my opinion naman edi mag-hire nalang sila ng > iba!:) > > > - > Roi > Angeles Communications > - > Mark 8:36 > For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose > his own soul? > > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
