[Cialug] Luddite SysAdmin

[Todd Walton]

On Nov 10, 2012 11:38 AM, "Brett Neese" <brneese at brneese.com> wrote:
>
> not sure this really qualifies him as a "Luddite"...

Yes, yes.  Pedant.

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Todd
 On Nov 10, 2012 11:38 AM, "Brett Neese" <brneese at brneese.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
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