[rbanffy]

> they sort of winced and said "Linux... ehhh... it's hard to get Linux doing what you want."

I'd say the company you work for has a humongous and probably incurable HR problem. If this is the kind of IT folks they hire, my best advice would be to run away and stay as far from it as possible.

You can also write a very fun book with the stories you probably witness. I'd buy it.