From owner-freebsd-jobs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 23 15:51:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B25016A41F; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:51:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from wjv.com (fl-65-40-24-38.sta.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F235D43D45; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:51:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by wjv.com (8.12.11/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6NFpL21082098; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:51:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.11/8.13.1/Submit) id j6NFpL3M082097; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:51:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:51:21 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: Mike Smith Message-ID: <20050723155121.GB82047@wjv.com> References: <291F236A-CEC7-43BC-A40F-DF2A09A1CF94@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <291F236A-CEC7-43BC-A40F-DF2A09A1CF94@freebsd.org> Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on bilver.wjv.com Cc: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macintosh SysAdmin Opening - Buffalo, NY X-BeenThere: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Jobs offered and sought List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:51:26 -0000 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