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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jonathan Hutchins wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Hal Duston wrote:</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Source Code Configuration Management</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > * CVS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > * Subversion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > * Visual Sourcesafe a plus</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I would think that would be the responsibility of the software</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> project manager. Putting under the SysAdmin pretty much</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> guarantees you get a programming orientation to the job,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> rather than a systems and support orientation.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There is plenty a sysadmin can do with sourcesafe without needing to know about branching, labelling, and pinning... They can perform nightly maintainance, scan logs, and be familiar with the various forms of data corruption that occur and how to recover from them. They can split and merge repositories. Try vainly to make it more secure through the use of shadow folders, etc.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> A lot of people don't appreciate the fact that a good programmer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> is NOT the same thing as a good system administrator.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>True. Consistent, cautious, conservative, and reliable are not the hallmarks of most programmers. Nor a willingness to perform tasks of a repetitive nature. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just as there is a world of difference between a database administrator and a database architect, a good systems administrator is not the same thing as as a good systems architect. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Administering a system is different than designing one. If you have a well architected system, you won't need as many sysadmins.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The best sysadmins I've encountered have almost always come from a software or database developer background. They usually end up as the systems architects... but their job title more likely still reads "senior sysadmin".</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Garrett Goebel</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>IS Development Specialist</FONT>
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