Re: [tlug] Slow Cautious Migration from Windows to Linux (was Replacing text in multiple files - under Windows)

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Kenneth Burling wrote:
> jep200404 wrote:
>   
>> BTW, be careful about doing things "below the radar of company IT".
>> Best keep your chain of command informed.
>>     
>
> Yeah, this is a must.  If you ask, most likely the worst that may
> happen is they yell a bit and say no.  Best case scenario, one of the
> tech guys helps you set it up. ;P
>
> If you "go under the radar," then worst case scenario you get fired
> next week, and sewed/fined for damages.  Best case, you get fired a
> few months down the line, and they just say the hell with it and have
> the tech guys reinstall windows.
>   

My advice would be to get permission from someone with more authority
then your IT support department (i.e. someone who can say yes without
asking) and sell it to them as a cost cutting measure ;) That way your
worst case will be indignation and lack of support from IT department,
but if you are in that sort of company you are probably already getting
that ;)

Edward