I have been quite lucky with my work experiences thus far.
From the very start I was an open-source nut.. without
even knowing it.. I was started out using open source
compilers on linux systems at my university, and as I
learned more about the movement, I enjoyed myself, and
went to a level where I actually frown on a job where I
have to work with something else. Thus far my only employment
opportunity that involved something other than Linux/Apache/
Perl/GNU Compilers was a crappy experience with a closed
shop doing support work for their HP/UX servers... sucked
quite severely. I was asked to use NT, but I ended up
slipping a copy of VMWare pass the sign-off boys over in
purchasing, and running linux with the permission of the
head systems management guy, and was very happy there for
a while, since I could just write all my stuff on my linux
box, and run it from there, connecting to the remote machines
to handle tasks as needed. This went fine until the plant
manager found out I was using Linux to be "so damned productive",
and he frowned on it.. I didn't care.. I kept using it until
I resigned from my position there shortly thereafter (unrelated).
It amazed me that the same guy that prasied my productivity
as compared to the rest of the staff with similar positions
to mine, frowned when he discovered the tools used for this
productivity was <hick>that thar hacker crap</hick> --
god bless those microsoft PR guys.. :)
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