On 2010.04.07 19:19, Rene Schickbauer wrote:
> Shawn H Corey wrote:
>> Rene Schickbauer wrote:
>>> Shawn H Corey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Personally, I don't see why anyone would want to run Windows. It's
>>>> like trying to run a marathon while dragging a bus.
>>>
>>> For me, its mainly because it pays the rent.
>>
>> I did say, "want to" not "have to" :)
>
> Well, working on windows does have its benefits. When something goes
> horribly wrong, you can always point the finger to Redmont and your
> users will believe you (not matter who's fault it really is)...
I can tell you work in an Enterprise environment already ;)
> To summarize: All operating systems and flavors thereof have really
> major flaws in their design and the resulting incompatibilities. Adding
> more slightly-different-color bikesheds to the mix only makes it worse.
> But the resulting confusion and incompatibility pays a lot of jobs...
> including mine. So, that said, no, i really can't complain.
I 'choose' to use Windows (XP) as my workstation at work. I don't 'have'
to though if I choose otherwise. As irony would have it, 90% of my work
is done using a Windows SSH client to numerous servers, routers and
switches within my network. I have two monitors connected to my desktop,
and very often, I have two SSH sessions set up at any given time, one on
each monitor. If not, then an SSH window is on one, and either my
browser or my MUA is on the other.
Here is why I choose to run Windows on my desktop:
- it allows me to run between two and four monitors with no difficulty
- I can play a quick game here or there without having to worry about
video driver vendor unix fiddling
- I can test IPv6 capabilities from the Windows environment
- I have my disk subsystem encompassed completely with Truecrypt
- I can properly read other network documents that are in Visio
- I can attest that my version of a Microsoft Office document is exactly
the same as what I usually receive
- almost ALL of my applications are portable, on a thumb drive that is
encrypted completely by Truecrypt
- two thumb drives... half the applications on one, half on the other.
Each drive contains the key to the other
- I can take my applications where ever I go, and an overwhelming
majority of places I go, I'll find a Windows box to load them up on if
necessary
I choose/want what makes me the most productive in my job ;)
Given my work environment, with ~60 FreeBSD and I believe two Linux
servers, absolutely none of them have a GUI. I do not have the need or
desire to ever have to see a *nix system with a GUI ( I feel the same
way about a router having a web interface ;)
Now, I'm not saying that I have, or ever would run Perl on Windows
though... :)
Steve
ps. This would be off topic if I didn't include some code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;
my $editor;
my $preference = GetOptions(
'editor=s' => \$editor,
);
if ( ! $editor ) {
pod2usage({
-msg => "\n--editor param needs a value\n",
});
}
my $response = ( $editor !~ m{^ vi.* }x )
? "\nIt appears you don't know what an editor is... try again\n"
: "\nWell, looks good. I just don't have time for further" .
" regex checking but you seem to know what an editor is\n";
print $response;
#end
Cheers,
Steve ;)
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