Re: What's a debian kid look like?
Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> writes:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
> >
> > martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> writes:
> >
> > > also sprach Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com> [2001.12.24.0101 +0100]:
> > > > Sure, and someone else can answer them. Besides, when's the last
> > > > time a question was asked by a Microsoft mailer user or an html
> > > > poster that couldn't be found in a FAQ or google search? Or, even
> > > > better, when's the last time one such user offered an inciteful
> > > > answer that was worth reading?
> > >
> > > it happens quite a bunch as some of the most capable debianers are
> > > unfortunately stuck with jobs that force them to use windoze machines.
> >
> > Assuming most of us live in so-called "free" countries, we are free to
> > get another job then. Or, lobby to change the brain-damage policies at
> > their work. I can't imagine anyone wanting to work for a company that
> > forces their workers to use broken, dangerous software.
> >
> > In my not so humble opinion, anyone that is spineless enough to put up
> > with working in a forced MS environment is not worth listening to, and
> > therefore I choose to ignore them.
>
> choice of email client is not the only factor in choosing the job.
No, but when a business chooses degenerate mail and forces everyone to
use it, I'd be pretty suspicious of high-level idiocy within the
business.
> e.g. at my job we do all the development on solaris but outlook is the
> only suported email client (they don't even offer pop3 anymore). I don't
> see it as a reason to quit. would you?
Yes, but I suppose my priorities are different.
> I lobby for using better tools here and there (I have other thing to
> do on my job as well:-) but changing email for a company of 200.000 is
> not that easy.
And that's why you'll never find me working in a large company...
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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