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Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 29 23:19:41 UTC 2008


NoOp wrote:
> 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"...
>
>
>   
    She is fully retired and as usual she was land-locked in CO and 
wanted to be on an ocean she could sail on. I think this is the way 
things are...


Karl


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