• Quick Overview
• Back cover blurb
• Read sample pages (PDF) including the Table of Contents, Index, first page, and every 25th page after the first.
• Defenestration Defined
• A few early reader comments
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The third edition is currently available only as a PDF. It's copyrighted but unlocked. Please don't abuse the privilege.

Data center defenestration is about throwing out what doesn't work and putting in what does. At the grunt level that means using Unix, using smart displays, building strong teams, and having the courage to make and execute real decisions while working directly with users. At the leadership level that means freeing yourself from firefighting by adopting systems that work, empowering your people to work with directly users, focusing on service delivery, and running interference for your sysadmins while they get the actual job done.

This book is my best effort at telling you, whether you are a CIO or a sysadmin, how to do it.

The PDF is ten bucks. To get it you can just click on the paypal button below or login to your paypal account directly and send ten bucks, with a note mentioning what it's for, to murph at winface.com (or contact me by email if you want to pay by check).

Either way, I'll email you a copy as an attachment (2.4MB). Note that some ISPs silently filter out mail with large attachments - so if you don't get before the end of the next business day, please contact me and I'll send you a userid and password so you can download it.