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> There used to be a saying among corporate technology workers—or, as you might call them, I.T. guys—which held that “you’ll never get fired for using Microsoft
by bonyt 10y ago
> There used to be a saying among corporate technology workers—or, as you might call them, I.T. guys—which held that “you’ll never get fired for using Microsoft.”
Before that, it was "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM."
:)
- morgante 10y agoI've never actually heard the Microsoft version. The IBM version is well-known and I've heard it despite being young and startupy.
- anonbanker 10y agoNowadays, some of us will actually fire an employee for buying either Microsoft or IBM.