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Re:Microsoft is updating Notepad by ThirdFoundation on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:34AM (#17522808)
Tangentially related, but I've had jobs in the past where I had to build all-too-complex systems in VBA because of the needs of the business and having my environment too restricted.

I realize this isn't ideal...ever...but sometimes the needs of our department--our immediate needs--didn't align with the time require to navigate the massive corporate and IT bureaucracy.

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Re:Microsoft is updating Notepad by maxxxxx on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:58AM (#17523012)
"but sometimes the needs of our department--our immediate needs--didn't align with the time require to navigate the massive corporate and IT bureaucracy."

I battle this every day. Our systems are so locked down for "security" that we in R&D can't do our job without hacking around IT. Thank God they are not very good so there are plenty of loopholes for circumventing the "security" measures.

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