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Do you have a System Administrator who needs some loving? We've got a tip: Nominate him or her for SysAdmin of the Year. Perhaps you missed the chance on Sysadmin Day to send felicitous affection to your IT department — maybe that's why you're still running Windows ME. Fortunately, there's still an opportunity to make amends ( …

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  1. Grant Mitchell
    Dead Vulture

    US/Canada only!

    Pah! There are good sys-admins in the rest of the world you know!

  2. Anonymous Coward
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    RE: Simon Travalgia

    Sure can, I'm sure he's already got the systems and papers to prove he's a citizen. Of Canada, because we suck here in the USA.

  3. Nate Amsden

    Maybe it's just me but those prizes are no good

    I consider myself a pretty good system admin. Though I can't find a single thing on that prize list that looks even remotely interesting to me.

  4. Sean Nevin

    Re: Simon Travalgia

    He already won the "Network Professional of the Year". Back in '96 I think.

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Dead Vulture

    nominate your sysadmin, sell your soul

    "By entering the Contest, you... agree to allow Splunk and all sponsors to use your name and employer’s name in all the Contest promotional materials including, but not limited to, press releases and presentations...."

    This in addition to agreeing to be spammed by Splunk.

    Sounds great!

  6. Chris Harden

    Prizes

    @Nate, you arn't using your imagination enough here - http://www.willitblend.com/

    Oh yes....I would love to win some of those prizes...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIrLypxV0sw

  7. Dan Germain
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    RE: US/Canada - Let's get something going for UK & EMEA in 2008

    I'll help run and host the site, I'll even be a judge ;-)

    We'll just need some DECENT sponsorship and prizes to encourage entries etc.

    Mega-corp, Vendors, ISVs - if you're llistening, dig deep and let's have some support for the rest of the world please!?

  8. Jamie
    Paris Hilton

    Re: Simon Travalgia

    Who the heck is Simon Travalgia (for the uneducated)

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @Jamie

    Please hand in your username and password as you leave.

    (Wot no BOFH icon?)

  10. Dan Collett
    Dead Vulture

    RE: Re: Simon Travalgia

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/ read and get educate. He is a legend in his own network

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @Jamie

    Heres how to start your education... www.google.com

    it even corrects the spelling... Simon Travaglia = BOFH

  12. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    RE: Re: Simon Travalgia

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/12/bofh_episode_35/

  13. Barry Carnell
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    Re: Simon Travalgia

    Jamie, Simon is any sysadmin's god if you will...writter of the IT bible blog otherwise known as BOFH.

    :)

  14. Sean Nevin

    Re: BOFH

    The BOFH is *the Reason* I first started reading El Reg. I too started out on the helldesk, and those stories were like a tonic for the weary soul...

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I wrote a video game once

    SysAdmins were a monster as you got to the heart of the game map they got really tough to kill BOFH would be one of those.

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