[SunRescue] Aprentiship (long)

[Jeffrey Meltzer]

Solaris 8 comes with a heap of cd's...
There's the two operating systems disks, plus Star Office, plus the GNU
tools disk, the documentation disk, and that's all I know about :)

-- 
Jeffrey Meltzer
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The Unofficial Guide to Solaris: http://www.solarisguide.com

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:47:27 -0800
> From: Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu>
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> To: "'rescue at sunhelp.org'" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Aprentiship (long)
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kurt Huhn [mailto:kurthuhn at k-huhn.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:18 AM
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Aprentiship (long)
> > 
> > The best way to learn any type operating system or 
> > hardware platform is
> > to buy books, buy older hardware, and take advantage of some of the
> > educational material put out by various companies.  Most 
> > companies these
> > won't hire anyone without demonstrated knowledge of computer systems -
> > certifications or work experience.  The easiest way to get 
> > your foot int eh
> > door is to posess a certification or two.
> 
> And don't be afraid of breaking things.  If you don't break it, you'll never
> learn anything.
> 
> > 
> > For instance, Sun will allow you to purchase Solaris 7 and 8 
> > for the cost of
> > media ($10 for Sol7, $75 for Sol8).  
> 
> Can somebody explain to me how many CDs I get with Solaris 8 if the media is
> 7.5 times more expensive than Solaris7?  I haven't ordered it, because
> paying $75 for media feels too much like paying $89.95 for Win98...
>  
> > If you're in school, head over to your school's IT department 
> > and ask if you
> > can lend a hand with anyhting (and I mean anything).  Even if 
> > you just sit
> > there and hand out paper that other folks have printed, 
> > you're still in "the
> > environment" and can learn by asking questions and observing others.
> 
> There are often student worker positions.  Our labs are staffed with a
> student worker any time that they're open, and IS isn't.  You'll wind up
> learning a LOT about anything that's available in the labs, since there will
> be a lot of people there who just can't figure out how to click on that "B"
> to make things bold.
> 	Greg
> 
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