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On 12/29/2008 11:21 AM, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 10:41 -0800, jdow wrote:
> 
>> > Not in this country apparently, I asked a few other prominent admins at 
>> > a BBQ yesterday arvo, no-one heard of her :)
>> > And it still means nothing, I have the most respect for other well known 
>> > figures, just because they decide something doesnt mean it is right, and 
>> > even they agree.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_administrator
>> 
>> Of course, merely writing the book does NOT make one a perfect authority.
> 
> No one is a "perfect" authority.  However, Evi was one of the first
> people to take system administration as a discipline seriously.  I
> highly respect her opinions in that arena.  I will say again, she did
> not just write a book - she ran a university system administration
> degree program for many years.  You may end up not agreeing with her
> about everything, but her approach to system administration is sound.

Perhaps a better link:

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~evi/Home.html

Best part is she's a sailor:
  http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~evi/sailing.html

If I had the bucks I'd sign on for two weeks as a "visitor"...