XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:20:37 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
      
   > Lots of other fun, like doing my own security/kernel updates, running a   
   > Linux box at work.  (One manager ran a Mac, apparently supported by IT).   
      
   All programmers had a Linux box in addition to a Windows one. The product   
   had started on AIX so almost all the code could be built on Linux. IT   
   would drop off a bare metal box and leave rapidly. Installing a distro and   
   maintaining it was strictly on us.   
      
   The Esri API was built on COM so I spent more time developing on Windows   
   than most of the programmers. There was also a map program built one   
   Visual Studio 6.0 that wound up in my lap. I tried to drag it into the   
   21st century but never could. I did a couple of browser based maps but the   
   clients loved that obsolete POS. I had a powered down XP machine with   
   VS6.0 in case I ever had to do a bug fix.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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