On 7 Jul 2002, at 9:26pm, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: > The people saying that they should be able to run whatever they want *ARE* > the IT department.
It seemed obvious to me that that is not the case. If they were the IT department, the IT department would not be telling them to do something they did not want to do. > So, it would stand to reason that there are slightly different rules for > the IT department then there are for ordinary users. That statement can be interpreted two different ways. On one hand, it could mean that the IT staff of course has all the root passwords and such, and is entrusted to perform privileged operations, and thus of course has to have different rules. But it could also mean that the IT staff has different rules because "we're IT and we can do what we want to". If you consider that acceptable, well, that's your right, but you'll never work in a shop I control. > I think that the difference is *who* the user is. If a sales or marketing > person wants to do their own thing, you know that only bad things will > happen. I realize you're saying that with tongue-in-cheek, but it is none-the-less an attitude I see quite a bit. Far too often, I encounter IT staffers who think they are the members of some special elite, and that rules do not apply to them. I consider that to be the worst kind of corruption -- like a crooked cop. IT staff, if anything, should live up to a higher standard. "Who watches the watchers?" -- 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. *****************************************************************
