Of course, context is key. The use-what-you-want model is perfectly appropriate in situations such as yours. It doesn't scale well to large number of users, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and so on, though.
Malcolm From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 24 May, 2008 07:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac on 2003 Domain Depends on the environment. My last company was very win-centric. Nothing we had would ever work on a Mac. My current job is at a very tech savvy company. Half our employees are SE's and many with a Unix background and a number of them like Mac's. They need very little if any support. The reason I just got my Mac is because we now officially allow staff to buy their own Mac's for work and we will support it. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac on 2003 Domain I prefer the "if it is non-standard, it isn't going on our network" policy. Even fewer headaches that way :-) Malcolm From: Edwards, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 May, 2008 17:40 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac on 2003 Domain Our policy is that if the user wants a non standard system, he is on his own for support. We give him the tools like VPN clients, and access information but beyond that, it is his/her problem. Our management backs that approach, they don't want us spinning our wheels and the user loosing productivity by not using a company standard system. Yeah, it took some convincing at first but when an Exec. VP wasted a day trying to get his MAC to do something a WINPC already could do, it was a no brainer. Regards, Dave ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mac on 2003 Domain ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
