[Eug-lug] Sys Admin magazine

[Matthew Jarvis]

Hal Pomeranz wrote:
>>I'd wager Hal has an opinion on them as well.
> 
> 
> Darn, Quentin outed me.  I was hoping to lurk on the thread and get
> people's honest opinions on the magazine.  For those who don't know,
> I'm the Technical Editor for Sys Admin (which means I review all the
> proposals and manuscripts for technical accuracy).
> 
> Anyway, Sys Admin is as useful a magazine as I and the rest of the CMP
> staff can possibly make it.  We typically run around 8 technical
> articles per issue on a variety of topics.  Issues have a "theme"--
> March is Backups, April is Clustering, May is Databases, etc-- with
> 3-4 articles following the theme and the rest being on other random
> topics.  We also have regular columnists like Amy Rich's Q&A, Randal
> Schwartz on Perl, Schaefer and Spurgeon on Shell Scripting, and Peter
> Galvin on Solaris-related topics.
> 
> Note that the magazine is entirely focused on Unix/Linux platforms--
> no Windows at all.  Some people like that, some don't.  I can probably
> guess how most folks on this mailing list feel about that...
> 
> Btw, the CD-ROM they're offering not only has the last 10 years of
> Sys Admin content but also contains the archives of CMP's Perl Journal
> publication.  It's got a nice little searchable index.  I find the
> CD very useful.
> 
> --Hal

Well, despite the fact that they'll let people like Quentin submit 
articles, I've subscribed....  ;)

Matthew S. Jarvis
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