Re: Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-13 Thread Ben Scott 
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Christopher Bodnar
 wrote:
>> http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20
>
> $65 for something like this seems a little steep.

  That's fairly typical pricing for scholarly research of this type.

  (Note that "typical pricing" is not a comment on value.)

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Re: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-13 Thread ANDREW F OFALT 
get it in an e-book, it is cheaper, only $60.00



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$65 for something like this seems a little steep. 


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From: Kurt Buff  
To: "NT System Admin Issues"  
Date: 07/13/2012 02:09 AM 
Subject: Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad 




Tom Limoncelli is a very highly respected author of a couple of books in the 
field. I will likely buy this book, and will pass it around if it's as worthy 
as he says it is. 

Kurt 

-- Forwarded message -- 
From: Tom Limoncelli < t...@whatexit.org > 
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM 
Subject: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad 
To: " lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org " < lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org > 


Dear Mom And Dad, 

Many times I've tried to explain to you what I do for a living. 
"Computer system administrator" or "sysadmin" is a career that is 
difficult to explain and I'm sure my attempts have left you even more 
confused. I have good news. Oxford University Press has just 
published a book by 4 scientists who video taped sysadmins doing their 
job, analysed what they do, and explains it to the non-computer 
person. They do it by telling compelling stories of sysadmins at work 
plus they give interesting analysis with great insight. 

Why did they do this? Because businesses depend on technology more 
and more and that means they depend on sysadmins more and more. Yet 
most CEOs don't understand what we do. The scientists made some 
interesting discoveries: that our jobs are high-stress, high-risk, and 
highly collaborative. We invent our own tools, often on the spot, to 
solve complex problems. We are men and women of every age group. It 
is a career unlike any other. These are things that most people don't 
know about our profession. The book is very engaging: Some of the 
chapters read like the opening scene of "Indiana Jones"; others like 
"Gorillas in the Mist." Kandogan, Maglio, Haber and Bailey have put 
together a very serious, scientific book with care and compassion. 

I'm not one of the sysadmins they studied but every story they tell 
reminds me of real experiences I have had. 

I hope you enjoy reading this book. I know I did. 

Pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20 

Sincerely, 
Tom 

P.S. In all seriousness, I read a draft of this book and highly 
recommend it to others. You may have seen the authors speak at Usenix 
LISA or LOPSA PICC conferences where they showed clips of the video 
tapes they made. The book conveys the same stories, plus many more, 
with interesting analysis. If you think that the profession of system 
administration would benefit from non-sysadmins better understanding 
what we do, I highly recommend you pre-order this book and share it. 
You can pre-order it here: 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20 

More about the book here: 
http://everythingsysadmin.com/2012/07/kandogan.html 

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Re: Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-13 Thread Christopher Bodnar 
$65 for something like this seems a little steep.



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Architecture and Engineering Services 
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From:   Kurt Buff 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:   07/13/2012 02:09 AM
Subject:Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad



Tom Limoncelli is a very highly respected author of a couple of books in 
the field. I will likely buy this book, and will pass it around if it's as 
worthy as he says it is.

Kurt

-- Forwarded message --
From: Tom Limoncelli 
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Subject: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad
To: "lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org" 


Dear Mom And Dad,

Many times I've tried to explain to you what I do for a living.
"Computer system administrator" or "sysadmin" is a career that is
difficult to explain and I'm sure my attempts have left you even more
confused.  I have good news.  Oxford University Press has just
published a book by 4 scientists who video taped sysadmins doing their
job, analysed what they do, and explains it to the non-computer
person.  They do it by telling compelling stories of sysadmins at work
plus they give interesting analysis with great insight.

Why did they do this?  Because businesses depend on technology more
and more and that means they depend on sysadmins more and more.  Yet
most CEOs don't understand what we do.  The scientists made some
interesting discoveries: that our jobs are high-stress, high-risk, and
highly collaborative.  We invent our own tools, often on the spot, to
solve complex problems.  We are men and women of every age group.  It
is a career unlike any other.  These are things that most people don't
know about our profession.  The book is very engaging: Some of the
chapters read like the opening scene of "Indiana Jones"; others like
"Gorillas in the Mist."  Kandogan, Maglio, Haber and Bailey have put
together a very serious, scientific book with care and compassion.

I'm not one of the sysadmins they studied but every story they tell
reminds me of real experiences I have had.

I hope you enjoy reading this book.  I know I did.

Pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

Sincerely,
Tom

P.S. In all seriousness, I read a draft of this book and highly
recommend it to others. You may have seen the authors speak at Usenix
LISA or LOPSA PICC conferences where they showed clips of the video
tapes they made.  The book conveys the same stories, plus many more,
with interesting analysis.  If you think that the profession of system
administration would benefit from non-sysadmins better understanding
what we do, I highly recommend you pre-order this book and share it.
You can pre-order it here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

More about the book here:
http://everythingsysadmin.com/2012/07/kandogan.html

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RE: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-13 Thread Guyer, Don 
At that price, I’d ask everyone I passed it around to for a $10 rental fee…

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From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

Tom Limoncelli is a very highly respected author of a couple of books in the 
field. I will likely buy this book, and will pass it around if it's as worthy 
as he says it is.

Kurt
-- Forwarded message --
From: Tom Limoncelli mailto:t...@whatexit.org>>
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Subject: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad
To: "lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org<mailto:lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org>" 
mailto:lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org>>


Dear Mom And Dad,

Many times I've tried to explain to you what I do for a living.
"Computer system administrator" or "sysadmin" is a career that is
difficult to explain and I'm sure my attempts have left you even more
confused.  I have good news.  Oxford University Press has just
published a book by 4 scientists who video taped sysadmins doing their
job, analysed what they do, and explains it to the non-computer
person.  They do it by telling compelling stories of sysadmins at work
plus they give interesting analysis with great insight.

Why did they do this?  Because businesses depend on technology more
and more and that means they depend on sysadmins more and more.  Yet
most CEOs don't understand what we do.  The scientists made some
interesting discoveries: that our jobs are high-stress, high-risk, and
highly collaborative.  We invent our own tools, often on the spot, to
solve complex problems.  We are men and women of every age group.  It
is a career unlike any other.  These are things that most people don't
know about our profession.  The book is very engaging: Some of the
chapters read like the opening scene of "Indiana Jones"; others like
"Gorillas in the Mist."  Kandogan, Maglio, Haber and Bailey have put
together a very serious, scientific book with care and compassion.

I'm not one of the sysadmins they studied but every story they tell
reminds me of real experiences I have had.

I hope you enjoy reading this book.  I know I did.

Pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

Sincerely,
Tom

P.S. In all seriousness, I read a draft of this book and highly
recommend it to others. You may have seen the authors speak at Usenix
LISA or LOPSA PICC conferences where they showed clips of the video
tapes they made.  The book conveys the same stories, plus many more,
with interesting analysis.  If you think that the profession of system
administration would benefit from non-sysadmins better understanding
what we do, I highly recommend you pre-order this book and share it.
You can pre-order it here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

More about the book here:
http://everythingsysadmin.com/2012/07/kandogan.html

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RE: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-13 Thread Ziots, Edward 
Yeah I will look that up also, sounds like an interesting read. 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

CISSP, Security +, Network +

Security Engineer

Lifespan Organization

ezi...@lifespan.org

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

 

Tom Limoncelli is a very highly respected author of a couple of books in the 
field. I will likely buy this book, and will pass it around if it's as worthy 
as he says it is.

Kurt

-- Forwarded message --
From: Tom Limoncelli 
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Subject: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad
To: "lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org" 


Dear Mom And Dad,

Many times I've tried to explain to you what I do for a living.
"Computer system administrator" or "sysadmin" is a career that is
difficult to explain and I'm sure my attempts have left you even more
confused.  I have good news.  Oxford University Press has just
published a book by 4 scientists who video taped sysadmins doing their
job, analysed what they do, and explains it to the non-computer
person.  They do it by telling compelling stories of sysadmins at work
plus they give interesting analysis with great insight.

Why did they do this?  Because businesses depend on technology more
and more and that means they depend on sysadmins more and more.  Yet
most CEOs don't understand what we do.  The scientists made some
interesting discoveries: that our jobs are high-stress, high-risk, and
highly collaborative.  We invent our own tools, often on the spot, to
solve complex problems.  We are men and women of every age group.  It
is a career unlike any other.  These are things that most people don't
know about our profession.  The book is very engaging: Some of the
chapters read like the opening scene of "Indiana Jones"; others like
"Gorillas in the Mist."  Kandogan, Maglio, Haber and Bailey have put
together a very serious, scientific book with care and compassion.

I'm not one of the sysadmins they studied but every story they tell
reminds me of real experiences I have had.

I hope you enjoy reading this book.  I know I did.

Pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

Sincerely,
Tom

P.S. In all seriousness, I read a draft of this book and highly
recommend it to others. You may have seen the authors speak at Usenix
LISA or LOPSA PICC conferences where they showed clips of the video
tapes they made.  The book conveys the same stories, plus many more,
with interesting analysis.  If you think that the profession of system
administration would benefit from non-sysadmins better understanding
what we do, I highly recommend you pre-order this book and share it.
You can pre-order it here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

More about the book here:
http://everythingsysadmin.com/2012/07/kandogan.html

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Fwd: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad

2012-07-12 Thread Kurt Buff 
Tom Limoncelli is a very highly respected author of a couple of books in
the field. I will likely buy this book, and will pass it around if it's as
worthy as he says it is.

Kurt

-- Forwarded message --
From: Tom Limoncelli 
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM
Subject: [LISA] Dear Mom and Dad
To: "lisa-memb...@hoshi.usenix.org" 


Dear Mom And Dad,

Many times I've tried to explain to you what I do for a living.
"Computer system administrator" or "sysadmin" is a career that is
difficult to explain and I'm sure my attempts have left you even more
confused.  I have good news.  Oxford University Press has just
published a book by 4 scientists who video taped sysadmins doing their
job, analysed what they do, and explains it to the non-computer
person.  They do it by telling compelling stories of sysadmins at work
plus they give interesting analysis with great insight.

Why did they do this?  Because businesses depend on technology more
and more and that means they depend on sysadmins more and more.  Yet
most CEOs don't understand what we do.  The scientists made some
interesting discoveries: that our jobs are high-stress, high-risk, and
highly collaborative.  We invent our own tools, often on the spot, to
solve complex problems.  We are men and women of every age group.  It
is a career unlike any other.  These are things that most people don't
know about our profession.  The book is very engaging: Some of the
chapters read like the opening scene of "Indiana Jones"; others like
"Gorillas in the Mist."  Kandogan, Maglio, Haber and Bailey have put
together a very serious, scientific book with care and compassion.

I'm not one of the sysadmins they studied but every story they tell
reminds me of real experiences I have had.

I hope you enjoy reading this book.  I know I did.

Pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

Sincerely,
Tom

P.S. In all seriousness, I read a draft of this book and highly
recommend it to others. You may have seen the authors speak at Usenix
LISA or LOPSA PICC conferences where they showed clips of the video
tapes they made.  The book conveys the same stories, plus many more,
with interesting analysis.  If you think that the profession of system
administration would benefit from non-sysadmins better understanding
what we do, I highly recommend you pre-order this book and share it.
You can pre-order it here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195374126/tomontime-20

More about the book here:
http://everythingsysadmin.com/2012/07/kandogan.html

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