Managers (all the ones I have had in recent years) are not ready for Linux on my desktop. Of course even when you are supporting nothing but Linux servers in your role, they insist you will not be able to connect to the fucking Exchange server. I have had jobs where the employer did not use Exchange and I was able to use Linux on my desktop.
This keeps happening to me everywhere I work. I get handed a new Dell laptop with an incomplete or broken install of WinXP on it and am told to download putty. My last boss wanted me to test VMware Linux machines on this Dell XP box. It was fun watching the thing crash on a daily basis. Usually it happened at the worst possible moment.
Honestly, I don't see how a real Linux person can work with that setup. I sure can't. Last month I bought myself a MacBook Pro so the boss' fear of me having Exchange issues went away.
You expect computer people to know the difference between "your" and "you're?" Hah!
Good luck with that. Most of the people I have worked with over ten years refuse to spell correctly or use proper grammar. If being literate was a requirement for employment, that could change.
I was in this situation once and I flatly refused to install the unlicensed software.
If you have mentioned the issue to management, they already see you as someone they can't trust.
You may as well report them to https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/home.aspx or the like, because your days are numbered at this company.
Congrats on converting ppl from Windows to Linux. I have never been able to accomplish this except with a friend and one family member. Linux on the desktop a tough sell, in my experience. Perhaps it's a little easier now than when I was trying to do it a few years ago.
Well, they do get -some- bad press occasionally but in general the mainstream media faun over MSFT constantly. The freakin BBC aired an interview with Ballmer recently where they asked him all sorts of questions about the world economy! WTF? Does Ballmer have a degree in economics? Does he have a crystal ball? And if he did know something we don't about the economy, would he really share it freely? Really?
However many billions of dollars in aid we are sending now, we need to double it. Then double it again! Only when every African dictator has a billion dollar Swiss bank account can we solve the problem of poverty in Africa.
I did this once and it worked fine for a while. Then people upgrade or new people move in . .
After a while I switched back to Ethernet.
By the way it should be,
"I changed their frequencies all to 11 and made mine the lone AP on 1"
Lone means "only" or single. Loan is what the bank won't give me.
More like, "threatening." As in, threatening legal action. Wow. Teachers are supposed to have good general knowledge of the world and of course most do not. Being aware that there is such a thing as FOSS should not be considered some kind of esoteric knowledge.
"Google as an organization is not geared â" culturally â" to delivering enterprise class reliability to its user applications."
Whatever that means.
And Microsoft is geared towards reliability and scalability? Are you kidding?
Please. Microsoft will be king of the desktop for the rest of my life, probably. For my money it does not make enterprise grade anything.
If you used the electricity to power grow lamps and grow a crop with a high market value, (certainly nothing illegal) you could pay for the whole mess six or eight months. LOL
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Managers (all the ones I have had in recent years) are not ready for Linux on my desktop. Of course even when you are supporting nothing but Linux servers in your role, they insist you will not be able to connect to the fucking Exchange server. I have had jobs where the employer did not use Exchange and I was able to use Linux on my desktop. This keeps happening to me everywhere I work. I get handed a new Dell laptop with an incomplete or broken install of WinXP on it and am told to download putty. My last boss wanted me to test VMware Linux machines on this Dell XP box. It was fun watching the thing crash on a daily basis. Usually it happened at the worst possible moment. Honestly, I don't see how a real Linux person can work with that setup. I sure can't. Last month I bought myself a MacBook Pro so the boss' fear of me having Exchange issues went away.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Ballmer had kippers for breakfast today.
You expect computer people to know the difference between "your" and "you're?" Hah! Good luck with that. Most of the people I have worked with over ten years refuse to spell correctly or use proper grammar. If being literate was a requirement for employment, that could change.
I was in this situation once and I flatly refused to install the unlicensed software. If you have mentioned the issue to management, they already see you as someone they can't trust. You may as well report them to https://reporting.bsa.org/usa/home.aspx or the like, because your days are numbered at this company.
Congrats on converting ppl from Windows to Linux. I have never been able to accomplish this except with a friend and one family member. Linux on the desktop a tough sell, in my experience. Perhaps it's a little easier now than when I was trying to do it a few years ago.
Well, they do get -some- bad press occasionally but in general the mainstream media faun over MSFT constantly. The freakin BBC aired an interview with Ballmer recently where they asked him all sorts of questions about the world economy! WTF? Does Ballmer have a degree in economics? Does he have a crystal ball? And if he did know something we don't about the economy, would he really share it freely? Really?
And by then entire world will speak one language: Engrish.
However many billions of dollars in aid we are sending now, we need to double it. Then double it again! Only when every African dictator has a billion dollar Swiss bank account can we solve the problem of poverty in Africa.
s/your/you're SLC? Salt Lake City?
GAH! Stop using "investing" when you mean "spending!" They are not the same! You invest in stocks and bonds and gold and such.
LOL
Unsinkable!
Yeah that was my first reaction. Half the sugar? I guess corn syrup doesn't count as sugar because what, it's not sold in granulated form?
It's often the fastest solution. Big companies like IBM reimage broken Windows desktop and laptop machines if they can't be repaired in a hour or so.
Yikes. Your second sentence is a marvel of English composition. After reading it three times I think I know what you mean.
And he refered to the students as "pupils" which generally conotes people who are in "secondary school," not university.
I did this once and it worked fine for a while. Then people upgrade or new people move in . . After a while I switched back to Ethernet. By the way it should be, "I changed their frequencies all to 11 and made mine the lone AP on 1" Lone means "only" or single. Loan is what the bank won't give me.
Not heavier.
More like, "threatening." As in, threatening legal action. Wow. Teachers are supposed to have good general knowledge of the world and of course most do not. Being aware that there is such a thing as FOSS should not be considered some kind of esoteric knowledge.
The New Yorker had a story about Virtual Eyerack some months ago. Nice that slashdotters have caught up LUL
http://www.randomimage.us/28114.html
"Google as an organization is not geared â" culturally â" to delivering enterprise class reliability to its user applications." Whatever that means. And Microsoft is geared towards reliability and scalability? Are you kidding? Please. Microsoft will be king of the desktop for the rest of my life, probably. For my money it does not make enterprise grade anything.
Where did you order it? I could find no links. Thanks.
Ridiculous, not rediculous. KTHX
If you used the electricity to power grow lamps and grow a crop with a high market value, (certainly nothing illegal) you could pay for the whole mess six or eight months. LOL