I think it depends on the size of the environment. Large corporate environments will naturally tend to segment and break up into discrete groups (operating systems groups, networking groups, security groups)
In smaller environments, it's more natural that admins would need to know something about everything. $.02 PG -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Deanna Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Qwerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Would it be fair to say that a Systems Administrator and a > >Network Administrator are no longer two seperate entities but > >have become one and the same. Don't the two dabble more and > >more into each other's business. > > I'd say certainly not; in fact the trend seems to be in the > opposite direction. I've worked for quite a few big companies > in the USA and the most disturbing trend I've seen is the > compartmentalization of operations into discrete groups that > rarely communicate and are often at odds with one another. > > The most annoying of these, to me, is the "security team." As > if security hasn't always been one of the system administrator's > core functions. > > I even wrote a bit of a rant about it, for my company's blog, > just last night. I have a feeling it won't be approved for > posting. ;) > > http://deanna.freeshell.org/blog.txt if you're interested. > > Sorry for the OT. > > -- > deanna
