tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post3161645480451812818..comments2024-02-07T00:23:34.835-07:00Comments on On Ruby: Book Review: Practical Ruby for System Administrationgnupatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492341480170667775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-82075154373212323182009-07-27T12:01:37.549-07:002009-07-27T12:01:37.549-07:00I feel I have to stick up for this book, to give c...I feel I have to stick up for this book, to give credit where it's due. The author does a great job of writing a funny, engaging and for me at least, technically informative book. If you can't digest what the author is giving you here, as well as a reference like the Pickaxe, and then roll your own solutions then fair enough...would you prefer a cookbook that gives you cut-and-paste code?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348799482099613795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-40463014175645559242008-01-08T04:55:00.000-07:002008-01-08T04:55:00.000-07:00This is the third Apress book I've bought this yea...This is the third Apress book I've bought this year and every time i flick through one, I always swear it'll be the last...<BR/><BR/>I'm a web developer, not a sysadmin, but I think anyone with half an ounce of common sense should just buy the pick-axe book and learn the rest themselves; I always think it's very difficult to execute a book well when its scope is this limited; the same could be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-52298623913860681302007-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:002007-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:00One Word Review: DISAPPOINTING! Pat, I am disappoi...One Word Review: DISAPPOINTING! <BR/><BR/>Pat, I am disappointed in your review and must agree with Thomas on this one.<BR/><BR/>The author of this book claims to have done "systems administration" FOR YEARS!! <BR/><BR/>and THESE are the kind of problems he encountered during his "years of" systems administration??<BR/><BR/>Let me give you some examples:<BR/><BR/>1. User management<BR/>2. Log Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599054.post-53068031818085163722007-09-05T15:17:00.000-07:002007-09-05T15:17:00.000-07:00I have to disagree on this one. I was pretty disap...I have to disagree on this one. I was pretty disappointed in this book. There were definitely some good parts, but overall I just don't think it really accomplishes what it should. His outright dismissal of LDAP, overtly Rails-orientedness, etc. just left me feeling that he missed the mark. But, that's why I'm writing my own review of it (started it the other day... need to find a small block of Thomas Lockneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16275825412026166159noreply@blogger.com