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Points: 1. If you are a startup, you don't have an IT department to worry about. 2. If your "hackers" can't keep their windows boxes free from spyware, they s
by run4yourlives 19y ago
Points:
1. If you are a startup, you don't have an IT department to worry about.
2. If your "hackers" can't keep their windows boxes free from spyware, they shouldn't be working for you.
Mac's are good, but you can live with windows if need be.
- cstejerean 19y agoI would never require any hacker I hire to be proficient at keeping an XP installation running smoothly. I'd much rather have them know how to use standard Unix tools (awk, sed, grep, etc)
- run4yourlives 19y agoThe assumption is that keeping XP running smoothly requires little more than some basic common sense. Put an antivirus on, stay away from questionable sites, don't use internet explorer and avoid mucking with the registry. I've been running a single version of XP for three years straight now and not once have I had an issue. That's just as good that my mac is.
- pchristensen 19y agoDitto. XP Since 2001, never any problems except when I tried to setup a dual boot to a Linux partition. That's across maybe 10 machines, between home, school, and work. Might not be the world's greatest operating system or most programmer-powerful, but it is stable. Very stable.