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Re: Nits to pick

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From: Michael Dillon
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 ?

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Subject: Re: Nits to pick
Date: 4 Sep 1995 19:17:01 GMT
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