[Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother

[Sean MacGuire]

> I still remember being introduced to BB one day by the grizzled Academic
> Computing admin at SDSU back in '98 when I was working as a tech in one of
> the labs. He was was using it to monitor various University Computer
> Operations boxes, and I ended up writing a classic Mac OS scriptlet to
> report in the AppleShare IP servers we were responsible for too.
> 
> Been a promoter of BB, and then Henrik's re-implementation, at every ISP,
> managed server company, and production installation I've been at since.
> It's fast, simple, shows what admins care about, and hides what we don't.
> 
> Thanks for everything you've done! It's sad to see (and confirm) what
> Qwest did, but I'm glad you've been able to take it well.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Japheth "J.C." Cleaver

What strikes me is the longevity of everyone here.  Japheth
the tech in '98... now the grizzed admin himself 14 years later.

Peace Brothers!
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Sean MacGuire                                 sean at maclawran.ca

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