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Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> observed: > I haven't had a Mac as my work machine in several years but when I did > it was the same: I didn't have to be a sysadmin at my desk. That made > being a sysadmin for real production just a little bit easier. I've been doing an unscientific poll on this for the past year and a half. Over that time I've hired several people, and my policy has been to ask each new hire a week or so before their first day what kind of machine they want. I tell them they can have Mac, Windows, Linux; desktop or laptop--basically whatever will make them most productive. Over half the time, I'm finding that these folks are choosing a Mac, despite the fact that each person's job title starts with the word "Linux". That said--we do have a lot of challenges dealing with Macs because of the infernal dependency on Internet Explorer that so many apps have. (Including some that you wouldn't expect, such as the lights-out administrative interfaces for the key vendors of server/network hardware.) It makes me bonkers when one of my employees says she's forced to drive into the office because a server crapped out and they couldn't gain console access due to a misconfigured VPN or whatever issue with their home computer (this happens a /lot/ with Mac users). -rich
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