>>And yet... it's like scaffolding in NYC[2]. Absolutely useless[3]. But if you are all for removing it, and a brick falls and hurts someone, heads will roll.

>>And yet... it's like scaffolding in NYC[2]. Absolutely useless[3]. But if you are all for removing it, and a brick falls and hurts someone, heads will roll. This is a question of shifting liability and sharing responsibility. If a brick falls when you knew the facade needed maintenance, then the liability falls solely on the building. If the scaffolding falls, then the liability is borne by the scaffolding company, or at least shared. If people you respect are pointing towards antivirus protection, you might also want to inquire whether they are saying this purely out of technical reasons (i.e. surface attack area, which could be debated), or if there are financial risk management factors tipping in this direction. Since you're picking the OS for everybody in your company, which presumably includes multiple departments and staff who are non-technical, it seems like madness that you'd let them run amok without some level of antivirus. But -- leave the poor developers alone. One hopes that the company was capable of hiring technical staff practicing basic day-to-day security hygene.