Re: [OT] Goodbye Debian
On 26/02/2008, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> > Actually, if he's got his own machine, then he can install the
> > portableapps applications locally, without a flash drive. It's much
> > faster that way, in fact, at the university I copy portable firefox to
> > the machine I'm sitting at and then erase it when I leave. I recommend
> > portable Open Office and mplayer as well.
>
> That's all well and good so long as the company's IT dept hasn't
> installed an audit program that routinely reports what software has run
> on the machine. I work in such an environment and found it best to
> leave the machine well enough alone even though I'm a part of the IT
> dept.
>
> Remember, the machine belongs to the company, not the employee unless
> the employee has been granted permission to install software. OTOH,
> it's easier to ask forgiveness than to receive permission.
>
Additionally, they can see that running these programs are important
to the user. Remember, IT is there to HELP the user do what he needs,
not prevent him from doing what he needs. If IT wants to support
software XX and not YY that's fine, but unless YY is known dangerous
(Kazaa, for instance) then IT should not have veto power in it's use,
especially if using the program requires no registry changes such as
an installed (not portable) app would do. If using a portable app
makes no permanent changes to the machine, why should it not be
allowed?
Dotan Cohen
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