After finally reading through this entire thread an idea struck me: Taking ideas from Chris, Dave, Robert, and the notion that "A good SA doesn't need to use Google" I think LOPSA could become a repository of systems management documentation (and/or links to), man pages and the like, with professional "best practices", horror stories, and general advice from real people who manage those systems.
Say I want to implement a configuration management system at some company when I don't have any real experience with all the latest systems. How do I decide which one is best for that organization? I could Google-guess and get random information from blogs of people who may or may not know what they are talking about; or I could go to a professional organization that has a well-reasoned pro/con of each system along with introductions from the authors and stories from professionals who manage said systems. Or maybe I need a crash course on data-center HVAC or I need to know some obscure command for a product from a dead company that hasn't been supported in a decade. Google-guessing isn't going to help but a professional organization with the right members might. Perhaps if LOPSA could sell itself as the authoritative place for professional systems administration information we could built the mind-share that builds membership that builds the organization. Such a purpose doesn't need an official BoK publication or even a definition of what an SA is, it just needs useful information than SAs need. That is something that everybody can contribute to. On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Chris Ess <[email protected]> wrote: > > If LOPSA shouldn't maintain something like SA-BOK, who would? > > * Will Dennis mentioned a recommended reading list, which I think is a > great idea. > > * We could also document practices and, if possible, explain why and > when they're good and why and when they're bad. > > * We could maintain a curated collection of experiences or thoughts. > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Dave Close <[email protected]> wrote: > In contrast, LOPSA is unlikely to > advance much of anything until it has enough members to get attention. > If those members are enticed to join for unrelated reasons, it hardly > makes a difference to the organization's objective. > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Robert Brockway <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm hoping that pracops.com could be turned in to a central repository of > operational knowledge and experience. > -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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