Re: [GENERAL] SysAdmin magazine is doing a "Call for Papers" about

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
>
>