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Re:The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers by redblacktree on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @09:57AM (#9420412)
I think the reason this happens less and less is that sysadmins are cost centers, not revenue generators. When you have developers do that work (poorly or not), you don't have a group that's purely cost. Those costs get hidden in the development group.
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Re:The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers by stephenr on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @10:12AM (#9420521)
Whoops replied to wrong comment!

However yes the issue of a team that "doesn't make money" is very real. Maybe you it should be "marketed" like legal or accounting: it doesn't make money, it saves money caused by SNAFUBAR situations.

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Re:The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers by acveilleux on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @11:26AM (#9421100)
Indeed, the costs merely get hidden and a lot of system decisions boil down to one of:

1. I saw it done that way in some blog.

2. We did it like that at my last job.

3. Seems like it works.

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