Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts

Monday, May 21, 2007

WTF???

One of the reasons why this blog has been neglected for a long time is that I've been transferred to a different division in the company I work with. From being a "lowly" tech support specialist, I am now an "Information Security Specialist".

But that new title *may* not last for long. Although I'm supposed to do "ethical hacking" for our clients, I got waylaid and has been assigned to do project management for, of all things, Windows SharePoint projects! WTF? I'm a self-confessed Apple user and I also advocate the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) but now I'm asking myself, what the heck am I doing with the "evil empire's" product? I actually do presentations that extols the advantage of using Window SharePoint. I have, so far, implemented Windows SharePoint Services to around 4 departments of a large local bank and around 4 more are in the pipeline. A larger SharePoint implementation is also in the works (this time, it will involve a group of companies).

Well, I will not chronicle the frustrations I feel whenever I hit a brick wall caused by the software I "peddle" to my clients -- out of respect to it since it helps bring food to my family's table but I'll say this: after working with it the whole day, I "cleanse" myself by working on my Apple MacBook. Sometimes I do a "double-dose" of "cleansing" by using Ubuntu Linus within my MacBook (via Parallels).