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System Administrator Appreciation Day

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A cake celebrating System Administrator Appreciation Day with Tux the Linux penguin on the top

System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, SAD or SAAD, was created by system administrator Ted Kekatos. Kekatos was inspired to create the special day by a Hewlett-Packard magazine advertisement in which a system administrator is presented with flowers and fruit-baskets by grateful co-workers as thanks for installing new printers. Kekatos had just installed several of the same model printer at his workplace.[1]

The holiday exists to show appreciation for the work of sysadmins and other IT workers. It is celebrated on the last Friday in July. The first System Administrator Appreciation Day was celebrated on July 28, 2000. The official SysAdmin Day website includes many suggestions for the proper observation of the holiday. Most common is cake and ice cream. Many SysAdmin Day cakes are featured on photo sharing websites.

  • 2011: July 29
  • 2012: July 27
  • 2013: July 26
  • 2014: July 25
  • 2015: July 31[2]

Many geek and Internet culture businesses, such as ThinkGeek and CafePress, also honor the holiday with special product offerings and contests. Various filk songs have been written to commemorate the day.[3][4][5] The songs have reached a level of popularity where they are also covered by other performers.

Attempts to have Hallmark Cards recognize the holiday as a Hallmark Holiday have yet to be realized. Many e-card websites already have special SysAdminDay cards available. [6]

The holiday has been recognized and promoted by many IT professional organizations, the League of Professional System Administrators and SAGE/USENIX.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Spiceworks interview with the founder of System Administrator Appreciation Day Ted Kekatos
  2. ^ Oficial SysAdminDay Website Last Friday of July declaration
  3. ^ The System Administrator Day Song (video and mp3)
  4. ^ UKUUG System Administrator Day Song (video and mp3)
  5. ^ Sysadmin Appreciation Day 2012 Tribute
  6. ^ Hoyt, Elizabeth (July 27, 2001). "System Administrator Appreciation Day".
  7. ^ MacVittie, Lori (July 28, 2006). "Happy Sysadmin Day!". Network Computing blogs.
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