Evi Nemeth

thumb|The ancient Greeks' concept of a ‘personal daemon’ was similar to the modern concept of a ‘guardian angel’ Evi Nemeth (born June 7, 1940 – missing-at-sea June or July, 2013) was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks. She was the lead author of the "bibles" of system administration: UNIX System Administration Handbook (1989, 1995, 2000), Linux Administration Handbook (2002, 2006), and UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (2010, 2017). Evi Nemeth was known in technology circles as the matriarch of system administration.http://www.techfestival.org/evi-nemeth/ Evi Nemeth | Telluride Tech Festival Techfestival.org 2013-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111017192339/http://www.techfestival.org/evi-nemeth/ 2011-10-17http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10893482 Racing yacht missing: Seven lost in stormy seas – National – NZ Herald News Nzherald.co.nz 2013-06-28 2013-07-06 Quotes "Early ethernet developers... objected to a roundoff error that exceeded the ARPANET's entire bandwidth, but marketing won out." As quoted in http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/stuff/quotes Chris Lightfoot's signature quotes www.ex-parrot.com 14 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20010602120652/http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/stuff/quotes 2 June 2001 live "Many people equate the word ‘daemon’ with the word ‘demon’, implying some kind of Satanic connection between Unix and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ‘Daemon’ is actually a much older form of ‘demon’; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ‘personal daemon’ was similar to the modern concept of a ‘guardian angel’ – ‘eudaemonia’ is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, Unix systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." As quoted in p. 403, UNIX System Administration Handbook References Category:1940 births Category:American computer scientists Category:Women born in the 1940s