--- Bryan Sant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) I'm one of the biggest Linux proponents here, but I still > find it unsettling that we are FORCING the engineers here to > run Linux even if they don't want to. Some (a surprising > minority) would rather run Windows because that's what they are > most effective with. Frankly I agree that they should have a > choice. Am I a freak for not stoning those who don't want to > run Linux?
No, I don't think that's a freakish attitude at all, given that the people using the computers are engineers (who, at least in theory, know what tools they're most effective with and know how to support them). For the last while, I've been fortunate to work in a development group where people use whatever environment they're most productive with. We have a few who run Windows, a couple who run Linux, and a couple who managed to make a credible case for getting Powerbooks instead of Thinkpads, who run Tiger. Of course, I'm the odd one running FreeBSD :) That heterogeneous arrangement has worked out well, and I'd suggest that, for an engineering group, it's a good way to go. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
