"Ottavio Caruso" pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com asked:
But what if your professional career, and eventually your life, should depend on it?
Firstly, I'm not just a professional. I do not work with GNU/Linux only because I am paid to do so. I would do (and have done) so unpaid. I hope to be an artisan more than a professional. I'd rather give up a job than do it badly. If you are only a professional, your answer may be different.
Secondly, my life wouldn't depend on it. I can do (and have done) other things to get money.
So, bearing those in mind: I'd see if they're willing to stop being silly and run the recruitment process appropriately for the job that they're trying to fill.
What if you are going to apply for a wonderful job, a job dealing with installing and maintaining Linux boxes, and the potential employer demand that the whole correspondence be managed in stupid word files?
If the employer insists on that, it's probably not a wonderful job.
Hope that helps,