software design (was: Re: [geeks] perlish disgruntlement, java considered, sun hardware sought)

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:28:56PM -0400, alex j avriette wrote:
> you must be one of those "sysadmin" types and not a "programmer" type. 

Wow!  He finally figures it out!  Yes, I'm employed as a "System Administrator"
not a "programmer".  I do programming when necessary.

> how long does it take to install a failover cluster on two e3500's and 
> connect them to a SAN, with not so much as an OS installed? does it 
> really matter if your boss thinks it *should* be done by the end of the 
> day?

My boss knows better than to ask for stuff like that by the "end of the
day".  He knows that quick-and-dirty scripts take much less time.  

> >Nah, I like web, I hate people who think Java is the be-all-end-all of
> >programming languages.
> who said that?

Look at the market lately.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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