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Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy

Originally a Math/Physics graduate who couldn't cut it in his own field, Paul Murphy (a pseudonym) became an IT consultant specializing in Unix and related technologies after a stint working for a DARPA contractor programming in Fortran and APL. Since then he's worked in both systems management and consulting for a range of employers including KPMG, the government of Alberta, and his own firm. In those roles he's "been there and done that" for just about every aspect of systems management and operation.

About Managing L'unix

A free-ranging daily blog on issues related to Unix - including Linux, BSD, and Solaris - with a particular focus on enterprise-level decision-making.

  • The wikileaks don't add up

    By Paul Murphy | December 4, 2010, 6:00am PST

    The wikileaks don’t add up - not only couldn’t the leaks happen as described without gross negligence somewhere, but the contents seem remarkably one sided.

  • Asking readers for some help

    By Paul Murphy | December 1, 2010, 8:18am PST

    A quick request for some reader help - testing google alerts and similar software.

  • Giving thanks for failure: The ID card mess five years later

    By Paul Murphy | November 27, 2010, 12:15am PST

    Money has momentum - and one consequence of the present TSA uproar is likely to be a revival in national ID card proposals as bureaucrats ignore a decade of data processing failures in making this...

  • Buying for tomorrow: Cryptography and SPARC/CMT

    By Paul Murphy | November 19, 2010, 12:15am PST

    When in doubt, bet on the future coming sooner rather than later - because it’s better to be ahead of the eight ball, than under it.

  • Things are looking up!

    By Paul Murphy | November 13, 2010, 12:15am PST

    Just last week American voters did the right thing - and pretty soon you may have a new job, or a better one. Great! but remember, change brings both opportunity and risk - so do the right thing:...

  • Pagan Agnostics

    By Paul Murphy | November 6, 2010, 12:15am PDT

    Does the PC empower the user? I don’t think so - well, unless you wipe out Windows and install Linux or a BSD, then maybe.

  • The iPad in business

    By Paul Murphy | October 30, 2010, 12:15am PDT

    When Motorola and Boeing’s desktops were taken over by wintel bigots the stacks of abandoned Macs on the loading docks signaled the end of the company’s dominance in their fields -...

  • Another open letter to Larry Ellison

    By Paul Murphy | October 23, 2010, 12:15am PDT

    This year’s rather one sided polls in the American election suggest that vote cheating won’t affect many outcomes - but races in 2012 may be tighter and reducing the uncertainties this...

  • The more things change

    By Paul Murphy | October 16, 2010, 12:15am PDT

    134 students, 83 smart phones, 8 laptops - 3 of them macs. Sorry guys, but the PC just isn’t cool anymore. It’s back to the future: the 1980s in this case, this time with different bad...

  • IT cost, ignorance, and the race to the bottom

    By Paul Murphy | October 9, 2010, 12:15am PDT

    Look at the new crop of “smartphones” in the context of what happened with the PC - and you’ll predict a race to the bottom as claims for the things escalate and both price and...

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