Tag Archives: unix

Sysadmin Day: System Administrator Appreciation Day

Nobody else cares, but still:
Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery
Subject: ADMINSPOTTING
Message-ID: <5cl3le$q24@infoserv.aber.ac.uk>
From: gkb@aber.ac.uk (Gary Barnes)
Date: 28 Jan 1997 14:49:18 -0000
Organization: Ripoffs R Us
X-No-Archive: Yes

Choose no life. Choose sysadminning. Choose no career. *****
Choose no family. Choose a fucking big computer, choose hard * *
disks the size of washing machines, old [...]

A Microsoft Co-President admits it: Microsoft lost its way

James Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services Division:
I’m not sure how the company lost sight of what matters to our customers, both business and home, the most, but in my view we lost our way. I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security [...]

Dilbert on UNIX

“Here’s a nickel kid, get yourself a better computer.”

Priceless.