Re: Building on case-insensitive systems

[Albert Cahalan]

On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 05:27, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 01:43:56AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > > 
> > > You are betting that you can force developers to switch away
> > > from Windows and MacOSX workstations.
> > 
> > Actually, I'm betting that "required to build product"
> > is a magic phrase that overrides corporate IT's desire
> > to brutally enforce a Microsoft-only environment.
> 
> Seems you are not part of one of these organisations.
> That argument will not suffice.

I was, twice, and it did suffice. Try it:

"needed for revenue generation"
"required to meet customer needs"
...

Don't be taking away the ammo.

When the argument doesn't work, your organization
is obviously not fully committed to making a profit.
Politics are getting in the way. It's OK though,
since that just puts you at a market disadvantage.
Soon enough, the competiter will be hiring.


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