IT Myths That Seem to Persist
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That Windows 2000 (NT 5) was the successor to Windows 98.
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That anything using a command line is Linux. Or that anything using a command line is DOS.
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That everyone in IT knows everything about <subject>.
There are specialties that most people focus on people, just because it runs on a computer doesn't mean we know anything beyond installing the software. IE how to use the software. (it's why you were hired...)
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That processes like anti-virus scanning, encryption, deduplication, replication, etc should have no performance impact.
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Mac OS can't get viruses.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That files "just disappear" from <location>
They do! Just ask GitLab.
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@Mike-Davis said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
If you turn Windows Firewall on, you don't need a hardware firewall.
Or the other way around: You don't need a client firewall (or any other) because there's an edge firewall on your network.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That everyone in IT knows everything about <subject>.
There are specialties that most people focus on people, just because it runs on a computer doesn't mean we know anything beyond installing the software. IE how to use the software. (it's why you were hired...)
I always try to explain that with medical analogies: You don't want a dentist at your heart surgery and vice versa.
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You don't need an AV on servers.
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@Jimmy9008 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
You don't need an AV on servers.
Or that you DO need AV on Linux.
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That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
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@dpaquette said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
That's a good one. As if things in IT can't age.
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@dpaquette said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
I always respond with "Yes, things typically work great until they don't"
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That Linux is an OS
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That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
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@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
Because you say so, does not make it a myth.
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@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
Because you say so, does not make it a myth.
The myth is that it isn't. People just assume it is hard, which is a myth.
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@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
Because you say so, does not make it a myth.
The myth is that it isn't. People just assume it is hard, which is a myth.
That it is, is your opinion. Your opinion, does not make a myth.
While Linux being hard is a myth or not, is not related.
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@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
Because you say so, does not make it a myth.
The myth is that it isn't. People just assume it is hard, which is a myth.
That it is, is your opinion. Your opinion, does not make a myth.
While Linux being hard is a myth or not, is not related.
How is it not related? The one is predicated on the other.
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@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@JaredBusch said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
@scottalanmiller said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
Because you say so, does not make it a myth.
The myth is that it isn't. People just assume it is hard, which is a myth.
That it is, is your opinion. Your opinion, does not make a myth.
While Linux being hard is a myth or not, is not related.
How is it not related? The one is predicated on the other.
No it does not. Because you are mixing Linux being hard or simple with an opinion that Linux is the best option for grandparents.
