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Re:Ask HN: IT Director is forcing Microsoft in, how to stop? on Thursday August 17, 2017 @11:07PM (#15043231)
ok smart alec, how do you get proof? should I hire a P.I?
Re:Ask HN: IT Director is forcing Microsoft in, how to stop? on Thursday August 17, 2017 @11:03PM (#15043200)
I've read multiple articles here describing single stack solutions as being a pipe dream. In the rare cases where they were successful, you need majority company buy-in. This is clearly not the case here, where this ramming-in of .NET and VS and Windows servers are causing massive fractures with our senior devs. Many are now resorting to doing P.O.Cs to show we are just fine without the Microsoft products.

Additionally, this actually harms our recruiting efforts, because the majority of senior C# devs are accounted for in this town, as they work for the larger 3 corps in the city's downtown district.

Re:Ask HN: IT Director is forcing Microsoft in, how to stop? on Thursday August 17, 2017 @11:00PM (#15043184)
Then why are shady tactics being resorted to?
Re:Ask HN: IT Director is forcing Microsoft in, how to stop? on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:59PM (#15043180)
You completely missed the point of the post. In no way shape or form do our dev's, including I feel like we couldn't use C# if we had to. The problem is the having to part seems abnormal, and against our company culture, and counterintuitive. We deal with change on a constant basis, so no, I am fine with change. I want the change to be rational, however.

Ask HN: IT Director is forcing Microsoft in, how to stop?

Please hear me out before you dismiss this as a Microsoft hate piece, it is not. I have no problems with companies that chose to use Microsoft for their needs. That's not what is happening here.The problem is, this particular individual is trying really hard to force it in the building. The reason I am suspicious is I had this exact situation like this happen at my previous large corp, where...

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