You're right, but the way I understand it, LSU isn't even mandating that users choose a particular product. All they're saying is "IF you use Windows, it's gotta be part of our Active Directory. Why? Because Windows is so insecure, and viruses run so rampant, that putting them into AD is the only way we can exercise some sort of control over their behavior." Putting a Windows box into AD allows them to set policies pretty much every setting in the OS. It can set Windows Firewall options, it can force installation of AntiVirus software, it can limit users from installing malware, and it can enforce a minimum password complexity, among many many other things. If anything, one can infer from this mandate that Windows is a bad choice, but if you're going to make it, LSU is going to do what it can to minimize the amount of damage it will do to their network.
To me this statement is in agreement with Will's assertion that Windows is inherently insecure, but it also doesn't fully take that choice away from the people who still want to use Windows. B. Estrade wrote: > By mandating that a person or orgranization only use software from a > particular source, you are taking away the right to choose - and THAT > is the real evil in this situation. You need to realize that our > economy is based on consumer choice, and you are advocating the > elimination of this choice. You and I may not like the company, their > practices, or the product, but I would rather have the right to choose > (a crappy product) than allow myself to be spoonfed something because > it is someone else's moral imperative.
