Email I just received from our internal IT

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Symptoms:

The staff exchange server is currently unavailable. All staff will be unable to read and send email.



I'm pretty sure they're wrong hey..

The dark side of OSS

[harry-whodunnit.livejournal.com]

This might be a little off-topic in that it doesn't have anything to do with the relationship between tech support and end user, but has anyone here successfully gotten a Linux zealot to shut up?

I've tried telling him that I'd rather puncture my eardrums with a straightened paperclip and bleed into my headset than listen to him complain about Microsoft for one more minute, but apparently that's too subtle to get my point across.

I suppose I could grab him by the collar and shriek "You're destroying my will to live!" right into his face, but I'm afraid that would lead to a lecture on how Ubuntu could restore my waning life-force.

Disclaimer: I have a Red Hat box running FC3. I hate it with a passion, but that doesn't stop me from prodding it compulsively.