[wellylug] OT in some sense (I guess), but a fun read ...

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

> Hi,
Hi Scott!


> I found that article to be very interesting- thanks for the (OT) post.
> The company I'm working for is currently rolling out vista to something
> like 20000 machines. Luckily I'm a regional department IT manager and I
> get to choose my own OS, so I can't wait to not upgrade my own Debian
> laptop to that vista crap.
That's insane.  What CIO in their right mind would migrate that
number of machines to something that has been on the market for
two weeks?  Did that guy come straight out of the cradle?

> I wonder if vistas straightjacket approach to software will ironically
> just push open source into the spotlight as a workable solution.
I sure hope (and pray) so :}


Cheers,
Andrej