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In article <3vjl99$lk2@galaxy.ucr.edu>, jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan)
wrote:

 
> Denied? you're kidding, right?

No.
 
> We were talking about people that don't know, and don't want to know
> about the inner workings of their computer. 
> These people don't *want* the burden of root responsibilites while they
> are trying to figure out how to log in, or how to start X...
> Why force them into an unwanted role as system administrator, with power
> to wipe out everything? In that case, they might as well be running dos
> and windoze.
> Here at my workplace, there are many users of X workstations that don't
> have the root password, and it has never been an issue. No complaints
> about being "denied the full use" of anything...
> 

A) The people at work didn't buy the workstation. and
B) That's the whole point the Mac users are trying to get across.  On the
Mac you don't need to be restricted in access in fear of losing
everything.  If I went out and bought myself a computer and then had
someone come over and remove access privleges from me, the computer's
owner, then I'd be furious.  To think that someone would have the nerve to
restrict *my* access to *my* computer.
With a Mac you don't have to restrict someone.  Teach them a few simple
concepts and then they can use the computer and learn as much or as little
as they want and not be dependent on some Unix guru to give them
permission to do something with their computer.  With the Mac, it's a lot
harder to mess things up than with Unix or DOS.  And with the Mac, "being
system administrator" (if you want to call it that) isn't a burden.

>  Microsoft is not the answer - Microsoft is the question; the answer is NO!
Cool sig though.

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