[Gllug] Assistance with arguments to use Linux!

[David L Neil]

Benjamin Donnachie wrote:
> On 3 Sep 2010, at 03:08, David L Neil <GLLUG at GetAroundToIt.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> You say "management" rather than IT.
> 
> I wish they would leave IT to the techies - their original suggestion
> was to rdp over https to the "proxy servers" and then have a forced IE
> session to the application server in the second layer dmz.
> 
> I suspect that the look on my face said it all!
> 
> Ben


Lots of fun!

However once you have exposed their faulty understanding, or more likely 
the parroting of something their *expert* mate seemed to say down at the 
pub last night; you 'fight back' by smoothly presenting 'your way' at 
their own level - management-speak not tech-speak. Once they've 
understood that they didn't understand, they will either fire you for 
suspected incompetence or pay attention, and if they're hearing 
high-level stuff and how it will *achieve* what they want, they'll 
(hopefully) leave the (grimy) detail to you...
(ok, maybe dreams are free - but then so is Linux!)

Regards,
=dn


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