In my opinion, SUN puts out a good series called BLUEPRINTS. Many times it will compare and contrast differing OS's as examples, i.e., "if you're an NT administrator and you know how to manage user group privilages, here is how it is done in Solaris". I agree that there is an abundance of documentation out there from books, trade mags, the web, coworkers, etc. No argument. But for all of those MCSE's out there, I think that it would be cool if they had a way to relate what they know to what they want to learn to do. ....my $0.02 on how to snag more market share.
Mark On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Michael Costolo wrote: > I'm not so sure I agree. I should preface the following with the fact that, > although I am not newbie, I am certainly not an expert. > I think that there is something to be said for arming yourself with as much book > knowledge as possible, especially when experience is lacking *before* you take on > something like a new operating system. There is no shortage of printed material at > any self respecting bookstore on any particular flavor/distro of Linux. Personally, > I picked up a 3 inch thick book on RH 6.0 a few years ago that is still the first > place I turn when I have questions or problems (and find a surprising amount of > answers). Amazingly enough, it has an index, as do the vast majority of the other > books you may find on bookstore shelves. > It would certainly be nice if there was some magical place/program that had all of > the answers, but, as evidenced by posts to this group, not even very experienced > users will ever know *everything* about even a single distribution. Consequently, I > suppose such a project would always be lacking. > What is feasible, however, is to suggest that new users spend some real time > attempting to read and understand their new system instead of just brute-forcing > their way through it. Publishers such as O'Reilly take great pains to make certain > that the digestability of their books meet certain standards, all for this reason. > I understand the frustration of the article's author, but as with all other things > in life, with knowledge comes power. I certainly would never have attempted to > change the head gasket in my father's engine without some understanding of what I > would be facing (Honda never even attempted to provide any information in the > owner's manual). If you want to do it yourself, whether you are attempting to be > your own sysadmin or car mechanic, fine manuals can make all the difference. As > long as you read them... > > -Mike- > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
