Difference between "operator" and "system administrator"?

[Jesse W. Asher]

A local company is going unix in a big way and one of the MIS Dept. 
managers posed a question I was unable to answer.  They have AS400's and
a couple of VAXs for which they have "operators".  The question was:  What
is the difference between a system administrator and an operator?  They are
trying to figure out the definition of system administrator in relation
to what an operator does.  Can anyone give me an idea of how to answer this
question?  I'm not familiar with what an "operator" does, so I couldn't
answer the question.  Any suggestions would be welcome.


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      Jesse W. Asher                             Phone: (901)382-1609 
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