In my story, he was not really fired. But a new hire in my company was handed his computer. Seeing it was on Windows, he asked to work on Linux instead. IT told him that Windows was mandatory so he resigned on the spot.
Based af, but he didn’t even enjoy the burrito he ordered for lunch :(
The hiring team kept saying they had trouble finding designers and developers because nobody wants to work on a Windows computer.
And the owner went. “So why are we forcing everyone to use windows?”
And then one department pointed fingers at another, to another, to another. Apparently a decade ago, some IT dude got Microsoft kickbacks and left the company. The next month, the whole “Microsoft” rule faded away and now my department is running Linux laptops, the designers and devs have their macs, and the accountants are using windows.
Yeah, the guy in my story was to be a developer as well. Clearly it’s way more confortable to work on Linux. The justification in my company is that the security protocols are already built for Windows so they don’t want to redo the job on Linux. Handling to OS’ would increase their work load.
I wish I had the half the resolve of that man. I had the choice between two evils, windows and mac, which resulted in me getting a mac, mostly out of curiosity. I hate it
When I joined up at my current job, they asked whether I wanted a Linux or Mac laptop. I, of course, took the Linux laptop. The recruiter laughed and said “no one ever picks Mac.”
Now Macs are the only option because the IT department doesn’t want to run any tool other than JAMF.
What boggles my mind is one of the execs who was there long before I was. He selected a Mac, then used Parallels to run Windows on it.
I also use a mac at work after being offered a choice between that and Windows. I hate it. But the MacBook Pro they provide is objectively more powerful than the HP windows laptops they provide, so here I am.
I switched to Mac about 15 years ago because I started writing iOS apps and you can only do that on a Mac. As a lifelong Windows user I was initially pretty dubious, but I soon came around. Now I hate MacOS and Windows equally.
You can develop the app (as in write the code) on any platform but Apple made it so iOS apps can only be compiled from Apple devices. There’s no particular technical reason I’m aware of just they’ve designed their proprietary compiler that way and haven’t released it cross platform.
That’s laughable. Windows does not demand 100% control over their system. Windows is a you think you can do it let’s see you go ahead and do it and fuck shit up. And when you do fuck it up you’ll have a much more difficult time fixing it. On Linux it’s a yeah go ahead fuck shit up Good luck here’s a log should be easy to fix it but you got to make it work in the first place. On a Mac it’s you’ll get it from this space install it in this way or you won’t use it at all.
Valid point, I feel the same. The whole concept of hiding UI elements for a better look, the weird upper bar and the shitty multimonitor support drive me insane.
It’s still miles better than Windows and a lot worse than Linux with KDE. But to be fair, there are paid apps for changing the UI quite a lot. There’s even one that gives you a Windows-like taskbar on a Mac.
Lol in my 20 years working in IT and IT security every desktop/laptop was windows except sometimes the people who needed to do graphics things (marketing) who were on MACs. Sure we had plenty of servers on linux, but standard for end points was always Windows. And every IT was sad that that’s the state of affairs but accepted it. I’ve hated Windows since 95 and been on Linux since one of the first Slackware versions (it was at a time when to have floppy disk support you had to recompile the kernel), but you have to adapt to your environment or else you refuse maybe 99% of the jobs out there.
I mean seriously what an idiotic thing to resign over. Almost every single court environment is Windows only. Most of them very rarely have Linux exceptions. Some of them might have an Apple exception but usually that’s only for executives. I mean unless he was a dab or something like that in which case it’s a little bit more acceptable. But not by much.
on one hand it’s easy enough to just run Linux on a VM if that’s what you want to use. On the other, I think an element some might forget is that most new hires were also applying for other jobs at the same time and often have other offers live on the table.
I started using my own laptop instead of my assigned one like a week after i started and no one cares. I RDP into my work laptop when I occasionally need windows software.
To be fair I am one of 8 people in our IT department so your mileage may vary with this tactic.
In my story, he was not really fired. But a new hire in my company was handed his computer. Seeing it was on Windows, he asked to work on Linux instead. IT told him that Windows was mandatory so he resigned on the spot.
Based af, but he didn’t even enjoy the burrito he ordered for lunch :(
There’s a famous story at my job about this.
The hiring team kept saying they had trouble finding designers and developers because nobody wants to work on a Windows computer.
And the owner went. “So why are we forcing everyone to use windows?”
And then one department pointed fingers at another, to another, to another. Apparently a decade ago, some IT dude got Microsoft kickbacks and left the company. The next month, the whole “Microsoft” rule faded away and now my department is running Linux laptops, the designers and devs have their macs, and the accountants are using windows.
Yeah, the guy in my story was to be a developer as well. Clearly it’s way more confortable to work on Linux. The justification in my company is that the security protocols are already built for Windows so they don’t want to redo the job on Linux. Handling to OS’ would increase their work load.
That’s a first round interview question for me
Same. I am the only Linux person at my employer lol
If they couldn’t tell by my comments about windows, the socks should make it obvious.
I wish I had the half the resolve of that man. I had the choice between two evils, windows and mac, which resulted in me getting a mac, mostly out of curiosity. I hate it
When I joined up at my current job, they asked whether I wanted a Linux or Mac laptop. I, of course, took the Linux laptop. The recruiter laughed and said “no one ever picks Mac.”
Now Macs are the only option because the IT department doesn’t want to run any tool other than JAMF.
What boggles my mind is one of the execs who was there long before I was. He selected a Mac, then used Parallels to run Windows on it.
I also use a mac at work after being offered a choice between that and Windows. I hate it. But the MacBook Pro they provide is objectively more powerful than the HP windows laptops they provide, so here I am.
I switched to Mac about 15 years ago because I started writing iOS apps and you can only do that on a Mac. As a lifelong Windows user I was initially pretty dubious, but I soon came around. Now I hate MacOS and Windows equally.
Why is that?
To sell more Macs
I was hoping for a technical explanation.
I can cross-compile on Linux to Windows.
Why must i develop for Mac on a Mac?
You can develop the app (as in write the code) on any platform but Apple made it so iOS apps can only be compiled from Apple devices. There’s no particular technical reason I’m aware of just they’ve designed their proprietary compiler that way and haven’t released it cross platform.
Iirc, you can compile the code. But you cant sign it for the appstore without a mac.
Ah, that makes sense.
Weird no one reverse-engineered it yet.
Asahi must rely o Macs too then?
Windows and Apple both desire 100% control over their ecosystems l, including custom tooling and languages that may not exist elsewhere.
Reliance on other people’s stuffeans less reliance on the OS provider. Hence why they have competing, well everything.
That’s laughable. Windows does not demand 100% control over their system. Windows is a you think you can do it let’s see you go ahead and do it and fuck shit up. And when you do fuck it up you’ll have a much more difficult time fixing it. On Linux it’s a yeah go ahead fuck shit up Good luck here’s a log should be easy to fix it but you got to make it work in the first place. On a Mac it’s you’ll get it from this space install it in this way or you won’t use it at all.
Cool story.
Either way I’m really happy for you that you manage to fuck up every operating system, proprietary or not. Quite the achievement.
Apple being Apple
I don’t mind using a Mac at work. It’s just a BSD with a proprietary UI; it’s close enough if that’s the choice IT gives me.
I thought that’s how it would be too, but I’ve got to admit that the UI gets on my nerves much more than I expected.
Valid point, I feel the same. The whole concept of hiding UI elements for a better look, the weird upper bar and the shitty multimonitor support drive me insane.
It’s still miles better than Windows and a lot worse than Linux with KDE. But to be fair, there are paid apps for changing the UI quite a lot. There’s even one that gives you a Windows-like taskbar on a Mac.
Just think of it as OpenStep, minus the “open” part. 🤓
average lemmy user lol
Lol in my 20 years working in IT and IT security every desktop/laptop was windows except sometimes the people who needed to do graphics things (marketing) who were on MACs. Sure we had plenty of servers on linux, but standard for end points was always Windows. And every IT was sad that that’s the state of affairs but accepted it. I’ve hated Windows since 95 and been on Linux since one of the first Slackware versions (it was at a time when to have floppy disk support you had to recompile the kernel), but you have to adapt to your environment or else you refuse maybe 99% of the jobs out there.
90% of these stories are people just being wildly self sabotaging
I mean seriously what an idiotic thing to resign over. Almost every single court environment is Windows only. Most of them very rarely have Linux exceptions. Some of them might have an Apple exception but usually that’s only for executives. I mean unless he was a dab or something like that in which case it’s a little bit more acceptable. But not by much.
on one hand it’s easy enough to just run Linux on a VM if that’s what you want to use. On the other, I think an element some might forget is that most new hires were also applying for other jobs at the same time and often have other offers live on the table.
Good point, and just as they can fire you at little to no notice during probation, you can leave quickly too.
Seems like something you ask at the interview stage if you’re that committed to Linux.
Sounds like a man who has never been so disgusted in his life.
Not asking about your workplace and tools during the interview is equally wild
Absolutely. If you’re so strict about this, you should definitely ask.
I started using my own laptop instead of my assigned one like a week after i started and no one cares. I RDP into my work laptop when I occasionally need windows software.
To be fair I am one of 8 people in our IT department so your mileage may vary with this tactic.