Subj : Re: Community
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 18:00:23

  Re: Re: Community
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Oct 05 2022 07:09 am

 Ni>> Sometimes you don't have a choice though.  I've worked for several
 Ni>> companies that would just give you a Windows laptop and didn't have
 Ni>> a choice otherwise.

 PF> If I had $10 for every time I had a developer take a corporate-managed 
 PF> Windows laptop and install Linux/OpenBSD/Plan9/whatever on it, I wouldn't 
 PF> have to work with developers who re-image corporate laptops any more.

I've never actually seen someone do that, but I have seen some people request a Mac laptop (where allowed).

You might be able to get away with that at some companies, but some companies have very strict IT policies (with virus detection, email filters, etc.) where they might detect laptops without Windows and probably ask that you return your laptop so they can re-image it with Windows again.

There's also the time you'd have to spend configuring the email client to talk to the company's email server, set up chat software, etc..  Would you really want to do that when it was all set up for you (even if it's with Windows)?

One time I worked at a place (one with strict IT rules) and someone installed a VM with Linux on his Windows work laptop.  He got an email client working with the company's MS Exchange email server, but sometimes the emails he sent were formatted in a weird way.

Nightfox
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