This is one of the more frustrating aspects of my job these days. More and more, this is exactly what developers want to do. "Hey, I just downloaded it from XXXX and installed it. That's all you need to do!"
Personally, I blame <STARTFLAMEWAR> *DevOps* </STARTFLAMEWAR>. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Shrdlu <shr...@deaddrop.org> wrote: > I saw this article first on G+ (and agree with many of the points). > It's an interesting piece, and not very long. > > > http://www.vitavonni.de/blog/201503/2015031201-the-sad-state-of-sysadmin-in-the-age-of-containers.html > > From the article: > > ++++++++++ > The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers > > System administration is in a sad state. It in a mess. > > I'm not complaining about old-school sysadmins. They know how to > keep systems running, manage update and upgrade paths. > > This rant is about containers, prebuilt VMs, and the incredible > mess they cause because their concept lacks notions of "trust" > and "upgrades". > ++++++++++ > > Ease of building is the reason I install X Windows on systems that > I don't intend to actually run a windowing system on... Because I > still use xmkmf (or did, last time I needed it). > > -- > Noli Timere Messorem > > “Don't think of it as dying," said Death. "Just think of it as > leaving early to avoid the rush." (Terry Pratchett) > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- --------------------------------- Mark Honomichl "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
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