[ryandrake]

I worked for a large multinational company that everyone here has heard of, whose development machine policy was pretty much: Order (through corp) whatever machine you need to get your work done. You have root. Install what you need to work. We hired you because you are a smart, responsible grown-up and we trust you not to fuck up our IT systems. Don't fuck up our IT systems. And amazingly, it works!

[koheripbal]

If the company is in tech and is big enough, they can manage a process like that. Most companies are not multinational tech companies.