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Date:      Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:19:52 +0100
From:      Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk>
To:        Tom Limoncelli <tal@whatexit.org>
Cc:        freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Resourceful BSD/Linux Network Administrator
Message-ID:  <20040703201952.GH43549@iconoplex.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <C66172BE-CC7F-11D8-BE75-000A956888C8@whatexit.org>
References:  <auto-000070176936@carroll.com> <20040702091205.GB20016@iconoplex.co.uk> <C66172BE-CC7F-11D8-BE75-000A956888C8@whatexit.org>

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On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 07:30:16PM -0400, Tom Limoncelli wrote:

> The advert was, IMHO, perfect.  I've always wanted to say a lot of 
> those things in an advert.  All power to him!

Well, some see it that way, some think it's offensive. I know I wouldn't 
apply, and after my ranting, I doubt he'd want me - I'm obviously not 
subserviant enough to handle his god-complex.
 
> And don't pick on New Jersey, Paul.  

Actually, that was a very, very subtle joke picked out of an episode of 
Futurama. I've never been, so can't really comment on it.

> What part of the kernel magically makes FreeBSD people smarter, less 
> lazy, or better looking?

It's not the kernel. It's the attitude.

I've worked with slashdotters and MCSEs who've never seen the inside of a 
PC, never mind know what a rack server is. My own experience, I say FreeBSD 
guys just tend to be better admins for some reason. There must be something 
about the attitude of the project as a whole that rubs off or appeals to the 
better admins. I don't know. Yes, I'm being subjective and offensive to 
MCSEs and Linux guys, but no more so than the original poster was to us.

> I was impressed that he was concerned with people-skills.  It's easy 

Yeah, he's really shown how many he has himself hasn't he? :-)

> >We're FreeBSD admins. Not MCSEs or Linux admins.
> 
> Don't brag.  They're paid more.

Speak for yourself.

-- 
Paul Robinson
http://www.iconoplex.co.uk/


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