[oak perl] Introduction

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Thu Nov 28 10:32:29 CST 2002


On Thursday 28 November 2002 8:12 am, David Alban wrote:
> At 2002/11/28/03:11 -0800 M. Lewis <cajun at cajuninc.com> wrote:
> ... Sys Admin, use Perl for parsing logs, making my life
> > easier. ...
> I try to make the case to managers that there are a huge number of
> user and system related problems/issues whose solutions cannot be
> addressed by shrink wrapped software.  And in the cases where a
> shrink wrapped solution does address an issue, it's like using a jack
> hammer to install a picture hanger.  Many times, a very expensive jack
> hammer. :-)
Yes! Could you describe one of those problems/issues
that ... cannot be addressed by shrink wrapped software.



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