Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-07-01 Thread Brian Cameron
Dave: > Agreed - I was at a Sun corporate presentation couple of weeks back > where they were demoing Sun Ray, and it's amazing that for something > that works so well and is such a no-brainer of a solution for so > many support headaches it's not more widespread. :) Many home computer users

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-07-01 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Dear Mike, Brian and ux-admin, Thank you all very very much for taking the time to respond (and for reading all of my original post) - that is precisely the sort of guidance I needed, and I've already now got a few ideas of where to go fishing, what to study, and what to focus on. Brian - I l

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-07-01 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Dave Koelmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So let's say I want to geek up and earn some serious dollars in the process. > What sort of opportunities are available out there for people with Solaris > expertise? For example, what are the sort of environments where

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-07-01 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:09 AM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - excellent development / programming skills (needed for the next point) When I started as a UNIX admin, I was thrown directly into managing my department's code base for managing users, printers, etc. This was an academic en

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-07-01 Thread UNIX admin
> So let's say I want to geek up and earn some serious > dollars in the process. What sort of opportunities > are available out there for people with Solaris > expertise? For example, what are the sort of > environments where people with this knowledge would > be in demand - ie. where should I be l

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-06-30 Thread Fredrich Maney
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's easy to imagine how Sun Ray technologies could be useful in any > location where many users need access to basic internet and/or office > applications: libraries, schools, hotels, etc. This is a very > underdevelope

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-06-30 Thread Brian Cameron
Dave: > Most recently I've got hold of a small Sun Ray eval system and am having a > ball testing it to simply do basic stuff like running brower kiosk sessions. > Amazing technologies. It's easy to imagine how Sun Ray technologies could be useful in any location where many users need access

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-06-29 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Hi Kebabber, Thanks for replying, and no, not at all. Job would be an end from the means, and the means is what I'm curious to know more about - hence the training bit - what are other folks' experience with this, what's the best way to geek up? Like I mentioned I'd like to become an "expert"

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-06-29 Thread Orvar Korvar
The people here are mostly developers, and dont really hire people? Your post seems a bit like you are looking for a job? This forum is not good for that? Maybe there are other Unix forums, better for job seeking? This message posted from opensolaris.org __

[osol-discuss] Getting ahead with OpenSolaris/Solaris...

2008-06-29 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Hi All, Here's a very broad, general scenario I am wishing to get some guidance from the gurus on - it's not a technical question per se, but I'm hoping this is still a relevant place to ask. I work in tertiary education IT, where I have done frontline desktop support for around 5 years. The