Mango Lassi Convention: What topics would you like to see
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What about some sessions being neutral (101 classes.) And other sessions being vendor sponsored?
That way a vendor, let's just pick on IBM since they won't likely be there, could sponsor a special session such as:
The Applicability of the Mainframe to the SMB brought to you by IBM
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I really like the storage discussion options.
A Linux 101 could be good as well
And scripting (something I've always shy'ed away from, but know I should know) 101 and 201.
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@Dashrender said:
And scripting (something I've always shy'ed away from, but know I should know) 101 and 201.
PowerShell Scripting (Windows) or BASH Scripting (UNIX) or Python Scripting (Generic) or something else?
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I live in the SMB world... so everything Windows based for me.
Not that I want to be pigeon holed, but I know that would be most helpful to me at this point.
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@Dashrender said:
I live in the SMB world... so everything Windows based for me.
Not that I want to be pigeon holed, but I know that would be most helpful to me at this point.
I think that a session on why Linux should be in much of the SMB would be good, actually. "Linux: When and Where for the SMB" as it is way more applicable to the SMB than people give it credit for. Especially when the SMB is looking to save money and stay current at the same time.
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As long as you can do AD type stuff and GPO type stuff with Linux, I'll totally agree with you.
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@Dashrender said:
As long as you can do AD type stuff and GPO type stuff with Linux, I'll totally agree with you.
Are you thinking of Linux only in the context of a desktop and not as a part of your infrastructure?
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No, Because of application requirements, mine (and I'm guessing may others) can't leave the Windows desktop (that's not to say many couldn't leave MS behind).
I'm talking servers - I'm fine using Linux on my servers as long as I have a single authentication mechanism for everything, GPOs to push policies to the windows clients, and I know that one linux box will talk to the others just fine.
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Maybe someone can talk about Linux management, ala Puppet or something else (my Linux-fu is not so good)?
Discuss what's keeping people from using it, and why should you not be afraid of it.
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@Dashrender said:
I'm talking servers - I'm fine using Linux on my servers as long as I have a single authentication mechanism for everything, GPOs to push policies to the windows clients, and I know that one linux box will talk to the others just fine.
Well installing a Linux box will not break GPOs going to Windows desktops. And Linux will authenticate to AD just fine, Linux can even replace AD and provide GPO management even though it itself is not managed via GPO. No need for GPOs with Linux, you can just use super simple scripts or GPO replacement tools like Chef and Puppet.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham that would be many sessions. Giving a 101 of Storage is more than an hour topic. Same for virtualization. It's not like you could take both of those plus several other topics and turn it all into one, one hour or less session to do overviews.
Doing the Open Storage talk was 45 minutes on its own and rather rushed to keep it there, as an example.
Wasn't saying it would it. They were just general examples of a topic to cover and dive into across multiple sessions.
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I know that @JaredBusch mentioned in a post on SW how he wished there were more advanced classes offered. Perhaps a 101 and a 201 (or higher) track so that each level could be addressed? Maybe before scheduling, get an idea of who would like to attend which session so that people don't have to make hard choices and miss sessions they really wanted to attend? It's not like we're likely to have 5 sessions running at once at the first ML-Con.
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Also, I like the topics mentioned by AJ, the storage 101 idea and the "Linux: When and Where for the SMB" idea. Good stuff. It's hard to narrow things down when the sky's the limit.
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@Dominica I did, and I'm personally not sure what I would like to see out of something more advanced. I used the powershell session as an example just because it was one I attended, though not for the powershell skills.
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Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?
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@Hubtech said:
Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?
IT Pro 101 would be a bit more than User 101, so yeah.
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Powershell 101 and 201+
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@JaredBusch said:
@Hubtech said:
Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?
IT Pro 101 would be a bit more than User 101, so yeah.
Exactly. Everyone is always interested in their own 101s.
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I think a general talk on risk mitigation, how it translates to the bottom line, and how to get projects approved by management by justifying the cost might be good. You could throw in helpful hints about how to align projects with business need and not departmental wishes.
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I'd actually like to hear a session about growing your department, coaching and development of the people who work for you, letting them grow without stunting your growth, justifying that the team needs to grow, etc.
