July 2010
Beginner to intermediate
1344 pages
40h 20m
English
From the desk of Dr. Peter H. Salus, technology historian

In the modern age, most folks have at least a vague idea what system administrators do: work tirelessly to meet the needs of their users and organizations, plan and implement a robust computing environment, and pull proverbial rabbits out of many different hats. Although sysadmins are often viewed as underpaid and underappreciated, most users can at least identify their friendly local sysadmin— in many cases, more quickly than they can name their boss’s boss.
It wasn’t always this way. Over the last 40 years (and the 20-year history of this book), ...
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