I am 100% agree with David...
Joe..
On Fri, 26 May 2000, David wrote:
> well, it depends on the employers. A lot of large enterprise employers
> won't look at linux yet because it doesn't have certain reliability
> features, and it lacks a long history in the market to prove itself.
> But, that's changing quickly because of all the press linux has received
> in the past several years including large amounts of support from
> Netscape, Sun, HP, IBM, and many others. And in my opinion, after doing
> unix admin for several years, I had no problem moving into
> solaris/sunos/irix/hp/bsd administration after knowing linux really
> well. It does, after all, include a mix of features from BSD/SYSv-ish
> tools. Just read the red unix admin bible by Evi Nemeth and friends and
> you'll get a good feel for the differences.
>
> Sorry for the topic digression, this is a cisco only list after all.
> But, it's been noted in several messages lately that obviously a good
> working knowledge of an operating system is necessary to really function
> well in a high level position. It is a piece of the picture, and
> knowing capabilities of various operating systems is quite important.
> It's like knowing all seven layers of OSI. How many CCNP/CCIE's out
> there understand the frame format's for DS-1, or SONET, or what B8ZS and
> ESF actually do? The OS implements all seven layers. Most network
> engineers work primarily with layers 2-4. If you understand the
> protocols outside these layers well it makes troubleshooting and
> understanding networks magnitudes easier.
>
> Back to your original question. Go get a free ($20 for the media) copy
> of solaris x86 from sun's web site, play around, and then focus on what
> you can do in linux (like sendmail, INN, BIND, etc) in your resume. And
> by the way, if I remember correctly from a recent linux journal article,
> Cisco's entire printing system is run off linux servers, with slightly
> modified code.
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> Billy Monroe wrote:
> >
> > I think a good background in Unix would help to get a position at Cisco.
> > Most of their testing labs are using Unix.
> > What I have noticed is that most employers I talk requiring Unix experience
> > don't give too much attention for Linux knowledge.
> > I think it is not what they want to hear (yet)...
> >
> > ""AC Schneider"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > 8gfpoa$5u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8gfpoa$5u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > As a newbie to these parts, I've recently decided to start my studies for
> > > the CCNA 2.0. Out of curiosity, I went to the Cisco web site and noticed
> > > many positions I looked at had Unix as a requirement. So my question, in
> > > general is it good to have a Unix back ground to complement Cisco
> > > certification? If so, would Linux do as a substitute?
> > >
> > > Your input is appreciated,
> > > -ACS
>
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