Re: Nits to pick

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From: Chris"Big-Kahuna"Rampson
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:09

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Nevin ":-]" Liber (nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU) wrote:
: Ah yes, the "system is for the support people and users just cause them
: trouble" point of view.  The really good sysadmins have a harder job
: because they try to adjust the system to fit their users needs. 
: Unfortunately, the majority of sysadmins would rather have the users
: change the way they work just to make the sysadmins job easier.

It's all a balancing act. If the user's setup differs too much from the
"standard", it gets harder to support them. Usually I don't mind the
users changing the gui, and where files are kept and their names. What
I don't like/allow is users loading their own "non-company" software and/or
propagate that software to others. If the company standard is to use
WordPerfect, and the user wants to use MSWord, TOO BAD! But if the user
wants his/her icons in a certain place, or have a certain directory setup,
or custom menus, thats OK.

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     _/_/_/  _/                  _/            Chris "Big Kahuna" Rampson
  _/        _/_/_/    _/  _/_/        _/_/_/  crampson@ford.com
 _/        _/    _/  _/_/      _/  _/_/     NO cutdowns,flames or insults
_/        _/    _/  _/        _/      _/_/ NO such thing as a stupid question!
 _/_/_/  _/    _/  _/        _/  _/_/_/  "NOT an OFFICIAL FORD spokesperson"

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Subject: Re: Nits to pick
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