@mjg59 what if my efficiency diminishes a lot with any OS choice given by the company (or you in this case)?
Should this at least be a reason for you to make it work reasonably safe but not just "take this OS and none other"?

@littlefox if your employer can't support an OS that allows you to work effectively then it's time to find another employer, just as in any other case where employer policies interfere with your ability to do work

@littlefox if the default is just to allow anything then you end up with someone insisting on Windows XP and then their prod creds getting stolen and now you're going to have a bad day

@littlefox And if instead you want IT to support managing an additional range of special-cased OSes then you may improve some developer efficiency but at a significant cost to IT and security efficiency

@mjg59 @littlefox Which is usually the right answer, though. Surely the workflow should be "work out what OS your developers need in order to be effective, then hire IT people capable of supporting that OS", and not "work out what OS your existing IT people are capable of supporting, then tell your developers to use it"?