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Neil Davidson
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What makes a great sysadmin?

"Sorry to disturb you Bob. Can I install iTunes on my computer please?", I ask Bob, our sysadmin.



"Of course!" Bob replies. "Why don't I do it for you?"



"And the Internet's a bit slow at the moment."



Bob puts down his sandwich. "That's a bit strange. Which web site were you trying to reach?," he asks, and comes over to my computer. Bob starts typing. Ping, tracert, ipconfig - strange sysadmin language that means nothing to me. "You see, what I'm doing is I'm… Continue

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