I love Microsoft, because their Critical Security Patches generate an almost six-figure income for me!
Fun aside, I have been working with computers since the early 80s and I like it all! Where would we be without Microsoft -or- Apple? Competition generates innovation.
And, yes, Linux and Open Source is overrated. Most Open Source projects are crippled with horrible bugs anyway - I prefer to buy my software, so I can yell at least at a poor customer service rep and don't have to feel guilty to curse at a poor programmer who has dedicated so much spare time to generate shitty code.
As with Linux: No, I haven't found any Cubase clone or even Photoshop clone (although gimp is good, but not THAT good) for Linux - as long as I don't have that, I am not interested and consider it a server OS or for the interested to get a better look under the hood of an OS.
I have been a long-term sub-contractor for 6 years. I work for a company that outsourced their IT staff to a well-known IT solution provider and I work for them as a sub-contractor. Sounds confusing? Yes, it is.
I really don't know who my "boss" is. Is it the supervisor from the company that issues my paycheck, the company that I currently perform services for, or the managers of the company that I receive 'orders' from?
Believe me, being a contractor is not fun, because you're basically treated as a "temporary" resource without any chance of climbing the corporate ladder, and have to endure arbitrary pay cuts or incompetent managers who just happen to have forgotten to renew your contract, but at the same time, I have outlived many of my "full employee" collegues. Well, I don't consider 6 years as a "temporary" employment, but nonetheless I am lucky, because I survived a great number of layoff rounds, where generally only employees got the pink slip and not the contractors.
I also do not have access to stock options, certain benefits and i am usually overlooked when it comes to corporate gatherings or internal meetings, but I do have a lot more responsibility than some of my "employee" counterparts. However, that is usually made up with more $$$ in my pocket, but, believe me, I'd much rather be "part of the family" than always the exception. It can be extremely difficult at times, especially, if you basically work for three companies and sometimes get conflicting orders from the various parties and can never really 'bond' with anyone, because for you are just a 'resource', but basically perform the exact same work and more tha n your employee worker bees.
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I love Microsoft, because their Critical Security Patches generate an almost six-figure income for me!
Fun aside, I have been working with computers since the early 80s and I like it all! Where would we be without Microsoft -or- Apple? Competition generates innovation.
And, yes, Linux and Open Source is overrated. Most Open Source projects are crippled with horrible bugs anyway - I prefer to buy my software, so I can yell at least at a poor customer service rep and don't have to feel guilty to curse at a poor programmer who has dedicated so much spare time to generate shitty code.
As with Linux: No, I haven't found any Cubase clone or even Photoshop clone (although gimp is good, but not THAT good) for Linux - as long as I don't have that, I am not interested and consider it a server OS or for the interested to get a better look under the hood of an OS.
I have been a long-term sub-contractor for 6 years. I work for a company that outsourced their IT staff to a well-known IT solution provider and I work for them as a sub-contractor. Sounds confusing? Yes, it is. I really don't know who my "boss" is. Is it the supervisor from the company that issues my paycheck, the company that I currently perform services for, or the managers of the company that I receive 'orders' from? Believe me, being a contractor is not fun, because you're basically treated as a "temporary" resource without any chance of climbing the corporate ladder, and have to endure arbitrary pay cuts or incompetent managers who just happen to have forgotten to renew your contract, but at the same time, I have outlived many of my "full employee" collegues. Well, I don't consider 6 years as a "temporary" employment, but nonetheless I am lucky, because I survived a great number of layoff rounds, where generally only employees got the pink slip and not the contractors. I also do not have access to stock options, certain benefits and i am usually overlooked when it comes to corporate gatherings or internal meetings, but I do have a lot more responsibility than some of my "employee" counterparts. However, that is usually made up with more $$$ in my pocket, but, believe me, I'd much rather be "part of the family" than always the exception. It can be extremely difficult at times, especially, if you basically work for three companies and sometimes get conflicting orders from the various parties and can never really 'bond' with anyone, because for you are just a 'resource', but basically perform the exact same work and more tha n your employee worker bees.