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Article #1961Re: Nits to pick
From: Michael Dillon
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 19:17
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 19:17
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In article <41htmo$42o@tbd120.tbd.ford.com>, Chris"Big-Kahuna"Rampson <rampson@ave050.ve.ford.com> wrote: >Nevin ":-]" Liber (nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU) wrote: >: Ah yes, the "system is for the support people and users just cause them >: trouble" point of view. The really good sysadmins have a harder job >: because they try to adjust the system to fit their users needs. >: Unfortunately, the majority of sysadmins would rather have the users >: change the way they work just to make the sysadmins job easier. > >It's all a balancing act. If the user's setup differs too much from the >"standard", it gets harder to support them. Usually I don't mind the >users changing the gui, and where files are kept and their names. What >I don't like/allow is users loading their own "non-company" software and/or >propagate that software to others. If the company standard is to use >WordPerfect, and the user wants to use MSWord, TOO BAD! What if the user wants to use vi ? -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600 Subject: Re: Nits to pick Date: 4 Sep 1995 19:17:01 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Message-ID: <42fjbd$r0k@felix.junction.net> References: <40ooq2$pm0@navajo.gate.net> <41f6ac$mt8@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> <nevin-2408950051430001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu> <41htmo$42o@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net