[NTLUG:Discuss] linux usage and fruitcakes [way off topic]

[Fred James]

Scott Hollomon wrote:

> james osburn wrote:
>
>> linux usage and fruitcakes.
>>
>> linux [and fruit cake] is probably not for everyone.
>> god i hope linux wasn't crammed down everyones
>> throat  (like a big hunk of fruit cake).
>> i have worked for several place where employees
>> were told to do XYZ and give a deadline but never
>> given the tools to get XYZ.  or trained to use the tools
>> they have, but these same employees
>> knew that if they had office or some othere proprietary
>> software they would be able to finish assigned task
>> and keep thus jobs.
>>
>> firing just seems kind of extreme but this is your
>> place.
>> sorry i had to opine.
>> also i really dont care for fruitcake.
>>
> Given what the Business Software Alliance could/would do to us if they 
> found us using unlicensed software I think firing is the appropriate 
> response.  Nobody fired for using MS, just using unlicensed products, 
> from anybody.  Incidentally, number fired to date under policy = 0 and 
> we hope it stays that way.
>
> With regard to forcing people to use linux, its the company's 
> computers and systems.  The company makes all kinds of decisions from 
> where fleet vehicles can buy gas, to what suppliers we buy cardboard 
> boxes from to what runs on our computers all based on our view of what 
> provides us an economic advantage in the marketplace.
>
Companies that use and/or force MS usually have similar policies in 
place - my employer does.  OpenOffice.org has a learning curve, but so 
does MS - why the waves?

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