I tend to buy aquasonic brushes. They’re half or less than Phillips and seem to last longer, and you can put Phillips head on them

I mean they’re there, you just can’t see them

As the first boom turned to bust, fuckedcompany.com was a snarky look behind the curtain of the dumb we all built.

It’s not entirely outsourced by any means. There is a lot of it. The article is discussing one department that was outsourced, many others are not.

Regarding running their own Linux distro, that probably would be neither cheap or really helpful (which of their vendors would support that vs. some other distro in practice?) but yes, there is a sizeable IT footprint required for such a large place.