On Feb 24, 2009, at 12:10 PM, Craig White wrote:
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> and then you're be another administrator who never took the time to
> understand the underlying technologies, with no derived skills to
> troubleshoot problems and no study why other parts/daemons might be
> better suited for your particular needs.

There are always limits to this argument.  How many people who install  
a linux server actually understand the kernel, or even any C code at  
all?  What if I don't know assembly?  I put myself in that boat, but I  
don't think that makes me some know-nothing schlub with no interest in  
solving problems.

The realm of "things I could learn" is always infinitely larger than  
"things I have learned", and if you get diverted into the minutae of  
every possible permutation of every software package, you'll not be a  
very effective as a system administrator or in any other field.

You weaken your argument when you get this pedantic and insist that  
everyone take your view on things to this degree.