Re: [GENERAL] SysAdmin magazine is doing a "Call for Papers" about - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [GENERAL] SysAdmin magazine is doing a "Call for Papers" about
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0207170900560.10465-100000@crazypenguins.commandprompt.com
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In response to SysAdmin magazine is doing a "Call for Papers" about Open Sourc  (Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>)
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Hello,

  I could write something up...

Joshua Drake


On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Justin Clift wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> SysAdmin Magazine is presently looking for proposals for their magazine
> (pretty well established apparently), regarding Open Source.  Here are
> some of the suggested topics:
>
>  - Open Source in the Enterprise
>  - New Tips for Securing Linux
>  - Tuning Apache
>  - Advanced Open Source Techniques for Network Installation
>  - Undocumented (or Rarely Documented) Solutions with BSD
>  - My Favorite Unknown Open Source Utility (and How to Use It)
>
> Apparently all of their articles are written by readers, and as they
> cater to Systems Administrators that means a lot of us.  :)
>
> This is a good opportunity for us to get into print media targeted at
> our fellow SysAdmins, and we might even be able to sneak in a
> case-study-type-thing or two.
>
> For example, Roger Moon's company (Web Commerce Group) recently scored a
> 5 year contract with BASF, and the solution is powered by PostgreSQL.
> This would probably be of enough significance to get into a trade mag
> and further demonstrate PostgreSQL as "Enterprise Credible", etc.
>
> Anyone got thoughts on how to get something put together and into this
> mag?  If people are short on time we could always do a group effort.
>
> Hope I'm not being too radical here.  :-)
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
>


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