Hey, been there, doing that. My company was "All Windows, all the time" until just recently. I need to have a Windows VM running at all times on my Linux box so that I can enter my time, submit my travel expenses, run a propriety Windows-only VPN app to get in through the firewall, create ppt files, etc. etc. etc.
But still, I can leave the company any time I want, and they can hire people willing to stay at their hotel. --Doug On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Sunny Fugate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "If you can leave any time you like, it's not a prison. It's just a really > shitty hotel." > > That is, unless your company demands that you use a specific software > vendor's product. Then it really is a prison, or at least a detention area. > In my perspective the prevalence of craptastic software is partly a result > of the inability of individuals to make their own choices regarding an HMI > that works best for them. What we need is a 'Computer Users Bill of Rights' > which guarantees freedom of choice of human-machine-interface. I wrote a > rant a few weeks ago concerning my own predicament -> > http://sunnyinsight.blogspot.com/2008/10/computing-subversives-bill-of-rights.html > > The efficiencies that I gain in using my choice of hardware and software > are partially or completely negated by the bureaucratic gauntlet I am forced > to navigate. > > v/r, > Sunny Fugate > > > On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Send Friam mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Friam digest..." >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Time for some Slashdot perspective (Douglas Roberts) >> >> From: "Douglas Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: November 19, 2008 12:45:10 PM MST >> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" < >> [email protected]> >> Subject: [FRIAM] Time for some Slashdot perspective >> Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> From: http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/11/19/1518253.shtml >> >> This: >> Re:News??? (Score:5, Funny) >> by Golias (176380) on Wednesday November 19, @11:56AM (#25819463) >> People need to be reminded of the monopolistic software prison they live >> in. They don't have to use Windows, and there is better software out there. >> >> If you can leave any time you like, it's not a prison. It's just a really >> shitty hotel. >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts, RTI International >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >>
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