[oclug]Need some advice from senior IT people.

[Dana Webber]

My experience is that IT has it's plans and does not want to change.
The plans are set by the manager and the "underlings" follow them.

At Ceyba, When a manager found out I could take
a destop pc and convert it into a linux router without any
"paperwork" or even asking my manager, he was very happy 
and wanted more. 

IT refused to put vnc on the Sun servers so everybody had to
use Exceed. I had an awfull time getting "approval" for all
the Exceed installs I had done.

I could on for ever on what it takes to run an R&D lab.
IT is very different then standard IT.

On Friday 31 January 2003 20:06, Milan Budimirovic wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 19:25, Dana Webber wrote:
> > Thanks for all the advice. I have a new list of questions.
> >
> > 1: If almost all companies have M$ networks, why is
> > there comparatively little interest in how Linux can work
> > with it?
>
> Simple. Once you get past just having Windows workstations and get into
> having a Microsoft Network, you've usually crossed some virtual Rubicon
> and become an out-and-out Microsoft Shop, and everything else becomes
> irrelevant. There's just a tremendous amount of inertia out there. I see
> it with the Federal Government all the time. I have fought legal battles
> because of it. Welcome to my nightmare.
>
> > 4. Am I going at this the wrong way?
>
> I don't know that there is a "right" way. However, you may have defined
> your skillset, or your "niche" if you will, too narrowly. I say this
> because a lot of IT jobs nowaday, and mine is certainly one of them,
> require you to know everything about everything (or a lot about a lot
> anyway). This is especially true for SME's, which generally don't have
> large IT depatments.
>
> > Meanwhile I am going to
> >
> > 1: Fix up the website. Duh!
> >
> > 2: Find an open source ODBC link to MS Access.
> >  or maybe write something.
> >
> > 3: Get Linux to authenticate from a M$ server.
> >
> > 4: look into backup
> >
> > 5. get a separate mail-server so I can bring my
> > own Linux box to a demo!
>
> While you're at it you might want to create a non-MS Word version of
> your resume. Nothing says "I'm not really a UNIX person" quite like a
> *.DOC file on your website.
>
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Dana Webber
dana at dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org
http://www.dunrobin.dyn.dhs.org

Getting a computer system to work is like banging your head against a brick 
wall until the wall falls down.