On 6.6.2010 13.19, Geoff Galitz wrote:
I'm compiling a collection of stories from the systems administrator trenches. They can be short or long, funny or about a particularly challenging problem or period, or even something that appeared very technically challenging and ended up being something very simple. Stories which are more political would be ok so long as they do not have an agenda or can be interpreted as a public attack.
I can't promise money but I can promise 15 minutes of fame. The stories will be accumulated over the next few months and go into a book about real world experiences of Systems Administrators and Systems Engineers. Some of the material may be used in our training classes, as well. All stories will be duly credited and I'll even buy a beer (or other non-alcoholic beverage) for anyone I ever meet in person.
Stories may be edited for grammar or clarity.
This book is still in the proposal stage so there is no firm target date, yet. If for some reason the book is not published (just like tech projects, books are sometimes cancelled at the last minute) they will go up on our website.
What will be the intended audience? How much technical detail can be mentioned? Does one assume that the readers know what is grub, initrd, xen, amavisd etc?
- Jussi