[Havoc]

Well the appropriate parallel is not being discussed, though you threw a bunch of nonsense out there. An admin that doesn't know how a machine works and how it works with the network is like an auto mechanic that doesn't know how an engine works, much less how it works with the rest of the vehicle. You wouldn't take your Car to walmart automotive center to have your transmission rebuilt - would you? Yet admins with no idea what an interrupt is are in charge of networks with a much higher prictag on them.

I suppose you'd tell us little johnny down the block is qualified to drive an m1a1 abrams because he has played Battlezone..

[discostu]

Wow that's hilarious, first you accuse me of throwing in a bunch of nonsense, then you throw in nonsense so far and above anything I'd even think of as to be patently rediculous and insulting.

An admin needs to know how the OS handlews things, they don't need to know any layer below that. Just because the OSes you like leave that layer so wide open that you HAVE to know all the nitty gritty doesn't mean it's necessary for everybody.

As long as littly Johnny down the block is driving the tank in your backyard I don't care what qualifications he has. Back to a reasonable and intelligent parrallel, Johnny doesn't need to know how diesel engines work to drive the tank, he only needs to know how to drive the tank.