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<p>What I meant was, Windows servers are entrenched...any Linux server is regarded with suspicion.</p>
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<p>Of course being not Windows is a plus.</p>
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<p>On 2018-04-25 13:57, Martin Bowes wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">I'm surprised to hear Linux was an issue. Being regarded as 'not Windows' is surely a plus?<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">We had to fight to get that salary approved. I suspect the Uni operates on the thought that we're such a prestigious institution that people should pay to work here.<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> Roger Hill [mailto:rhill@hillconsult.com] <br /> <strong>Sent:</strong> 25 April 2018 13:48<br /> <strong>To:</strong> Martin Bowes<br /> <strong>Cc:</strong> info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org<br /> <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Info-ingres] So we advertised for a new DBA...?<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Hi Marty;<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">I would have said it was probably a combination of:<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Ingres - not a lot of visibility these days...forget the technical quality - how many times do you hear about Ingres? Postgres, yes; SQL server - ad nauseam; MySQL - of course; Db2 and Ingres..rarely.<!-- o ignored --></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Hell, I would likely have applied if I were nearby, did not have an existing DBA job, and was not thinking of retiring this year - it sounded fun. <!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">On 2018-04-25 13:19, Martin Bowes wrote:<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">We (aka Oxford University) advertised for a new DBA. The position was offered with a salary of up to £47,722pa, full time, 3 years fixed in the first instance. The advert did mention we are mainly Ingres on Linux but with other engines (Postgres, SQL Server) and platforms.<!-- o ignored --></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;">Does anyone have any thoughts they'd like to share on that?<!-- o ignored --></p>
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