Re: Same old
Agreed, but a more pragmatic solution for me has to ditch my final Windows machine, so it's now all Mint Linux and OSX, with a Windows 7 VM for when nothing else will do. No regrets.
Well, yes, you and I are in the lucky position of being able to do that (and mandate that in new businesses), but not everyone has that good fortune. As a matter of fact, having just struck up discussions with a vendor of a very good product we may have to accept a policy exception for running a few Windows VMs - the product's value to the business offsets the costs of managing the extra risks we incur by having to maintain a Windows install.
Thankfully we can run it from the DMZ and only give it a firewall pinhole.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
