LISA (organization)

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LISA
Website www.usenix.org/lisa

LISA is the USENIX special interest group for system administrators. LISA was known officially as the System Administrators Guild until November 2003; from 2003 to 2010, it was known as SAGE.

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In March 2016 it was announced that LISA was being retired. [1] [2]

Major activities

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USENIX/SAGE tote bag

Proposed spinoff

In June 2004, SAGE was dissolved as a Special Technical Group to prepare for a spin-off from its parent organization, USENIX. On October 27, 2005, the USENIX Board, by a 4–4 vote, failed to approve a motion to progress the separation of SAGE from USENIX, declaring instead that SAGE is better as a suborganization. This contributed to the formation of LOPSA by individuals involved in the aborted spinoff.

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References

  1. Henderson, Casey (2016-03-02). "Refocusing the LISA Community". USENIX.
  2. "LISA SIG FAQ". USENIX. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  3. "LISA Awards" . Retrieved 2013-07-09.