From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-09-12T12:33:08+09:00
Subject: Re: The economics of a slow but productive Ruby

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 12:30:05PM +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Jacob Fugal wrote:
> 
> > 
> > [1] It's interesting to note however that 67% of that figure is still
> > in paid salaries, rather than the cost of the hardware itself. If
> > you've got a super sysadmin who can manage 100 boxes (and you better
> > be paying them at least 80K if they are that super), the hardware
> > budget will scale a lot better. There's a lot to be said for getting
> > your hands on a good sysadmin...
> 
> Ah, but does SuperSysAdmin have to use a slow scripting language?

Do you suggest they should use a slower scripting language, like batch
files?  It's not like sysadmins write their administrative scripts in
assembly language for performance.

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