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Bentley wrote:
> 
> It's a touchy issue. However, most IBM employees I know carry
> ThinkPads, and not Toshibas; few Microsoft employees I know use
> OS/2 or Macs. 

M$ is the largest producer of software for the MacOS.  <g>

> Isn't it reasonable for an employer to expect the employee to have
> enough faith and loyalty in the product to use it himself?

Reasonable as an expectation, yes -- I would hope people thought
enough of their own work! -- but when it becomes an enforced rule,
you've opened a whole new can of worms...

- "You spend most of your waking hours creating these, so you're
  also going to spend your free time attached to these."

- "I don't care what your personal preferences are, this is what
  you make for the company so this is what you will use yourself."

- "We're not sure we can sell as many of these to the general
  public as we'd like so you must buy at least one."

- "Seeing as how you work for us, we're going to tell you what
  you will use for your travel when on personal business on your
  own time, regardless of what else is available in the
  marketplace."

These are admittedly a bit too black-and-white, but they're just
simple rephrasings of the "you build these so you're damn well
going to drive these" rule... see how much less logical and
pleasant they sound?