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If you wish to run without standards, you are entirely entitled to do
so. On the other hand, you are also entitled to never be able to justify
upgrades, as well.
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On the other hand, having and enforcing at least a minimal set of
standards can be of tremendous benefit when planning security, "disaster
recovery"/business continuity, performance standards, SLA's, etc.
Standards don't have to be straight jackets to make management easier.
They just have to provide good workable guidelines for how the complex
is used. As always, the most important standards are those that assure
that the business needs of the company/corporation are met in a timely
fashion. Better management helps to assure this. And better management
MIGHT forstall upgrades.
Rick
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