You a glass half full type person, huh? Honestly, I admire that attitude. I hope you can keep that.

I hope so. I would have loved the opportunity to be in that position, and if I was still working as a sys admin, I'd still live it.

"competency" in IT is more about your skills with the tools your company is using. My current company only has one super minor server running Linux so even if someone so advanced with Linux they make Richard Stallman look like a M$ shill wouldnt be a competent engineer in my infrastructure.

I do get what you're saying though and I wish more things would move to Linux in general. It's much nicer to manage.