On 14 January 2012 23:22, Fae <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: Windows is unreliable rubbish and should not be handed to random people to use. If it is, it should be wiped and reinstalled each time. (That means "don't".) It's also a virus magnet in any hands less than expert.
WMF makes Windows available to staff only on a "strictly as needed" basis for this reason. This means HR, Accounting or development/testing, for software reasons. (I asked about it on internal-l and have asked them to write a public post or page on the subject.) Really - Windows requires expert administration not to turn into a toxic waste dump. > Annoyingly there are a number of Wikipedia tools such as AWB which > still need a windoze install to run. I use it on this here Ubuntu box with Wine. It's not 100% functional, but I use it quite happily. (More Wine bug reports!) - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
