[ale] [ADMIN] Partner opportunity for an Employment Listing Service

The Don Lachlan ale-at-ale.org at unpopularminds.org
Wed Sep 7 13:07:11 EDT 2011


On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 02:44:41PM +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Also to respond to the earlier AIX comment – Linux is a clone of UNIX and
> AIX is a [expletive deleted] IBM version of UNIX.   Many of us are
> professional UNIX Admins that also do Linux so to us UNIX and Linux jobs
> are equivalent so UNIX should be included even if it is a proprietary
> version.   BSD is after all open source but UNIX rather than Linux.

Since I think I was the only person who brought up AIX, let me repost it for
context:

"I agree with a bit more openness. A lot of GNU/Linux nerds make their
 living off something without "Linux" as the dominant keyword or
 responsibility. I think the list can stay "on-topic" while allowing job
 postings for many/all F/L/OSS operating systems and common apps, tools,
 languages, et al.

"That said, if a job posting for a DB2 admin on AIX comes through, there
 will be blood. :)"

There is a smiley. :)

DB2 on AIX is proprietary software all the way down. I'm going to submit
that "Linux" is more than just a UNIX-like kernel - it also includes the
open source model of development. Again, it's a matter of keeping things
"on-topic"; a posting for DB2 on AIX may be useful to some persons on the
list but that isn't a qualification for it included. I'd rather include
"DB2 on AIX" rather than exclude everything that isn't all Linux all the
time, however, the line has to be drawn somewhere and AUUG would be a better
forum for proprietary UNIX running proprietary applications.

'Cause really, if a DB2 on AIX job posting is "on-topic", where is the line
drawn?

-L


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