[Cialug] Luddite SysAdmin

[Brett Neese]

not sure this really qualifies him as a "Luddite"...


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/What-the-Luddites-Really-Fought-Against.html?c=y&page=100&device=iphone

On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Todd Walton wrote:

> The People Who Support Linux: SysAdmin Tony Atkinson Admits to a Luddite
> Streak
>
>
> http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/661722-the-people-who-support-linux-sysadmin-tony-atkinson-admits-a-luddite-streak
>
> Tony Atkinson’s technical expertise runs deep as a Linux systems
> administrator for a telecommunications company in Essex, England. He
> works with the Asterisk PBX (private branch exchange) and
> communications server and Nagios notification system, writing and
> maintaining bespoke PHP and shell scripts to control and coordinate
> phone and SMS services and other general operations in the U.K.,
> U.S.A. and Australia.
>
> “I recently started a long-term project to consolidate our existing
> servers (some 30 physical machines), replacing them with
> highly-available virtual machines running on six physical hosts via
> the KVM hypervisor,” Atkinson said via email.
>
> But he confesses to be a bit of a luddite when it comes to smartphones
> and tablets. It’s a contradiction that sometimes confuses his friends
> and family who often rely on him for technical support, he says.
>
> “I am quite content with using my 6-year-old Samsung D900 mobile
> phone,” he said. “I have no doubt I'll be drawn in sooner or later, at
> which point I'll probably opt for Android, or Tizen if it becomes
> viable.”
>
> [more...
> http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/661722-the-people-who-support-linux-sysadmin-tony-atkinson-admits-a-luddite-streak
> ]
>
> ===============
>
> I think I definitely have a streak of that myself.
>
> --
> Todd
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