From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-09-04T13:00:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Joel Spolsky on languages for web programming

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 11:26:18AM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>> David Vallner wrote:
>>>> How about C#, well it runs in Windows and without serious and expensive
>>>> firewalls you just can't go anywhere near the Internet.
>>> You need to tighten off Unix-based servers too. Heck, there are even
>>> serious and expensive firewalls for Linux around too, because not
>>> everyone has an in-house iptables guru.
>> But everybody *should* have a *certified* Cisco engineer if they use
>> Cisco routers, for example. It's one of the costs of doing business.
> 
> Frankly, iptables is easier to learn effectively than most proprietary
> firewalls -- and then there's stuff like IPCop, which makes things even
> easier.
> 
When there are certified iptables engineers, I'll trust my business to
them. Until then, I'm sticking with Cisco and certified Cisco engineers.
When you post a job application for a sysadmin position, you're going to
get at least ten times as many applicants as you need, so you can afford
to *insist* that they be certified by Cisco, Microsoft or Red Hat as
appropriate.