On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, at 5:58pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmmm, I say: "You hired me to do a job and for my expertise required to > do that job..."
I find your stance rather hypocritical, given the involved and heated debate that once went on in this very forum with regard to whether or not users should have root access to their workstations, with you weighing in quite stringently on the "no" side. :) What it basically boiled down to was that corporate IT staff has to support and maintain corporate IT systems -- including all production networks and computers that connect to them -- and, in such an enviornment, with IT staff rightly being held accountable for it all, the IT staff should have every right to insist you run things "their way". Now that "their way" and "your way" are not mutually inclusive, you suddenly change your tune. Don't give me the "I'm more productive on Unix" line, either. :) The productivity argument was put forward during the "root access" debate, and your position was that reliable corproate operations trumped that, even in cases where root access was not just a matter of productivity, but being able to do your job at all. Your position was that, if root access was well and truly required, a special lab enviornment, carefully isolated from the production enviornment, was the only acceptable approach. So, Paul, I'm curious: Is there a real difference here, or is it just that you were getting your way before, and in this semi-hypothetical situation, you're not? :-) (For those wondering, I personally see both sides as having valid arguments (in both debates). I think the issues cannot be simplied to a blanket statement that works everywhere.) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
