On 10/30/2010 2:52 AM, Kees Nuyt wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:49:22 -0700, you wrote:
That said, AIX admins are rare, and will become and endangered species
soon. Particularly, anyone under 40 at this time. I'd be willing to bet
that there aren't more than 100 people world-wide born after 1980 who
could actually lay claim to being a serious AIX admin.
Depends of what 'serious' means. All three AIX specialists
in my 2nd line Unix Support support team are under 40. Three
of the AIX specialists in our peer Project / 3rd line
support team are under 40.
And this isn't a very large company.
(I'm sure they'd count - but, are they under 30?).
That's, well, amazing. After being out here in San Francisco for 12+
years, I have yet to meet an AIX person younger than me. And I turn 40
soon. All the places AIX seems to remain (insurance, finance, even a
little biotech) have senior woolly-bearded folks looking after the AIX
boxen. Perhaps my generalization is only valid for the US. (and, not
just Silicon Valley. I know enough folks in the various other major IT
markets here to think that AIX is well on the way to being just a legacy
system OS).
Anyhow, the point here was that if you want your OS to remain relevant
for anything other than a tiny niche market, you need to get it in front
of the young. Otherwise, the only way they'll learn it is via
happenstance, and that's not a good way to grow a business.
--
Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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