Is the open office layout dead?

Re:Is the open office layout dead? by cm2187 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @07:52PM (#15060912)

I would be happy to pay out of my own pocket for a better hardware than the POS I am forced to work with. All the machines are connected with 100Mbit, and we only just switched from Windows XP...

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by CamelCaseName on Sunday August 20, 2017 @08:01PM (#15060960)

Is it like that for security purposes or are you working with legacy software?

Apart from those two issues, the loss of productivity should so obviously outweigh any possible savings. There must be some explanation.

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by cm2187 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @08:12PM (#15061016)

Well, it's a large company with lots of in-house software, so that's the official reason for the delayed roll out of Windows 7. But I think it has more to do with bureaucracy and inefficiency.

For not bringing my own hardware, security (it's a bank).

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by drunkenmonkey on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:15AM (#15063648)

> XP

> delayed roll out of Windows 7

Is your bank located in Kazakhstan?

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by cm2187 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:46AM (#15071801)

No but I am sure we source our hardware from flea markets in Kazakhstan!

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Re:Is the open office layout dead? by rhinoceraptor on Sunday August 20, 2017 @10:42PM (#15061562)

I wouldn’t be surprised if POS stands for Point Of Sale, but I’m guessing that’s not the case.

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