Possibly, but the only machines I know that aren't usually locked down are development machines.
You also have to look at how a company services its machines. Many companies out source their IT support. In this case have a base machine, where all pieces of software on the machine are known about is very very important from a contractual point of view. When I worked for Heinz, you couldn't even right click on the windows start button as they felt it was a security risk, and very few people had full internet access. <shrug> > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 March 2003 06:26 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia up its own arse over Flash > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:07 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Macromedia up its own arse over Flash > > > > > > Obviously never worked in a blue chip company :P > > > > I know for a fact that when you are supporting 1000+ > > desktops, each is a mirror image. I know of one company where > > Flash3 is still the installed version of Flash and you can't > > do a damm thing about it until they build and test a new > > desktop image, but in corporate environments Flash is not > > considered important, so this aspect has never been addressed. > > > > So Flash is not something you can download and install as you want. :( > > Honestly I've never worked in a large company that demanded that kind of > adherance to the base image. Sure an image is used to create the > machines (actually in most cases I've seen the vendor does this, Dell or > Compaq or whomever) but after control is often left to the end user. > > On the other hand medium sized-companies often seem to do this. I > assume it's because they're moving towards consolidation. But when the > company gets REALLY big there's just no way to manage that many > disparate needs. So you either play a losing game of "custom image" or > give up some control. > > Of course the by line is always "support only for supported platforms" > and that works for the vast majority of business and support personel, > but us tech geeks just always gotta be thorns... > > My company (and it's children) has on the order of 13,000-17,000 > machines... There are published standards and images, but not much in > the way of post install restrictions. I've also worked at three... No > four other companies of similair or smaller sizes that also didn't lock > down like this. I dunno - maybe it's just the insurance industry. ;^) > > Of course there ARE many companies that DO just what you described - but > to make a blanket statement just isn't right. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
