In <[🔎] 49F9FA6B.2010801@gmail.com>, Preston Boyington wrote: >Paul Johnson wrote: >> Preston Boyington wrote: >>> IF there were more of a push for Linux at the workplace (desktops not >>> just server room) then the "money factor" would help bring the >>> businesses around. As it is, there's no real incentive to produce a >>> product that is cross platform when most of the users/businesses will >>> have a Microsoft OS on the machine anyway. >> Anybody who wants to hire me better get used to the "money factor" being >> an issue: I charge employers an Asshole Tax if they honestly expect me >> to use Windows on the job. >LOL! I wish I could do that. Have a good employer though so... Just keep it in mind in the future. Next time you are up for promotion or raise, ask for "non-monetary" compensation instead. I also change extra for having to deal or write non-free software. >That said, I meant "Industry as a whole" petitioning the software >companies. Not individual employers. It has to start somewhere. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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