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Chris"Big-Kahuna"Rampson (rampson@ave050.ve.ford.com) penned:
: MMIKEMC@IBM.NET wrote:
: : In article <4197er$c84@bug.rahul.net>, Bill Moyer <ttk@rahul.net> wrote:
: : >  Hrm..  In my past experiences with big corps, the average workers
: : >install stuff in their own PC's themselves whenever they have the 
: : >chance.  They (rightfully) don't trust MIS with a rubber band, let
: : >alone tinkering around the insides of their PC's.  It's the manage-
: : >ment that insists that hardware changes go through "proper channels"
: : >and leave a paper trail.

: : I can certify this is true where I work (2000+ local employees, 17,000+ 
: : globally); I've added a different hard-drive, set-up TCP/IP LAN internet 
: : connection, installed new drivers and an updated OS on my work machine 
: : because:
: : a. MIS folks were too busy to be bothered
: : b. wanted to make it more complicated than necessary
: : c. MIS procedures cause way too long a waiting time before work can be done
: : d. didn't know how

: Where I work, the support people (myself) set up everything and handle all
: of the problems. The biggest problems are created by users that "monkey"
: with their systems. The service is prompt enough and the system works.

That's the way I see it, too.  We have a couple thousand workstations.

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