Re: [OT] Windows Users

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Rakotomandimby Mihamina
<mihamina@gulfsat.mg> wrote:
> 10/12/2009 03:05 AM, Mark Allums:
>> Of course, I suspect I know your retort already, from the way you spell
>> Microsoft. Microsoft is somewhat evil, yes, but not all users of their
>> products are.
> They are.
> If your job obliges you to use it, change job.
> No means to change job? shut up.

I usually skim and delete these types of arguments but this one
somehow struck a chord - in a dissonant way.

If MS is evil then so is every corporation. In the business world,
there is just one law, that of the jungle. The most determined and
ruthless win; every time...

I am a member of a support team that manages thousands of Solaris and
Linux servers, from Windows workstations using Putty, TeraTerm, or
Sun's SGD. If I insisted on a Linux desktop, I would be out of a job
because it is not an option, at this company and all others where I
have worked.

Here, as is the case at many previous employers, the IT infrastructure
is Windows-centric whether for "messaging and scheduling"
(Exchange/Outlook) or the general and the IT intranets (IE required).