Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:51:21 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macintosh SysAdmin Opening - Buffalo, NY Message-ID: <20050723155121.GB82047@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <291F236A-CEC7-43BC-A40F-DF2A09A1CF94@freebsd.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10507221402210.38875-100000@buffnet5.buffnet.net> <e5065e5c5badf173a026333608b54502@vvi.com> <291F236A-CEC7-43BC-A40F-DF2A09A1CF94@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 22:16 , while impersonating an expert on the internet, Mike Smith sent this to stdout: > > On Jul 22, 2005, at 12:11 PM, lbland wrote: > >True, mac os x is based on FreeBSD, but essentially just because of > >the license (it is really free!). Beyond the plain unix stuff is > >mach-kernel and admin tools not related to (or only remotely > >related to) FreeBSD. > Not at all. > Whilst discussion is really off-topic for this list, I can say with > considerable authority that experience with FreeBSD system > administration (which, let's face it, is often largely applications > administration) is a great start as a MacOS X admin. And we had a client running OS/X Xservers in our colo racks. He may have been an Apple user for a long time [ and we worked with him when he had G4s in hotels as public mail/internet kiosks, I often go in and make things work at the CLI level where the Apple tools weren't as flexible as they should/could have been. > Furthermore, this list is frequented by a large number of > clueful folks, many of whom don't typecast themselves as "just" > FreeBSD admins. >From my POV a Unix [or Unix based] systems is much like another with just minor details that differ. The only ones that differ more than others are the interminable number of Linux variants. > In these times, I'd say that someone actually looking for a job > would be happy to see these postings. 8) Agree. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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