I totally disagree with the concept as you describe it. I have found that users rarely know the best way to accomplish their goals. That's where IT and Systems Analysis comes in. I want my users to describe for me what they want to accomplish, and I will then research the necessary software and hardware to accomplish it. Given an opportunity, most users would reinvent the wheel!!!
Murray ________________________________ From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mac on 2003 Domain Wow this is an interesting thread. It seems that some of you have a different IT philosophy in your company than ours. In our company, it is not IT's job to decide what tools users need to do their jobs. It is their job to implement and support it, or get the tools and skills needed to do so. It is also not the end users' job to determine what equipment they will just buy or show up with. It is a coordination between management and other team members. It seems that some have some sort of totalitarian last word control over what products are used to make their company function (most likely self delusional), and others are forced to either support what a user brings from home are tell them to get out. This is the perception anyway. On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Along the lines of insinuated Mac resiliency - its utter nonsense. I have been supporting them for years, and they can have the same glitchy behavior that apps do on Windows. Crash an app enough times, and oh guess what - you need to reinstall it because it became corrupted. Of course, when looking in the Apple KB, they simply and briefly recommend that you reformat and start fresh. A good suggestion ultimately. If more PC owners did that, they would probably have less over-all problems too. They tend to provide fewer details that may confuse the user into trying other things. Apple is very good at the KISS concept. Which I think ultimately empowers their users to having a better running system more often. The thing that really cracks me up is that there is no defrag. The recommendation is to either copy all files off and then back onto your system - reformat and reinstall all your apps. But then all the zealots say that: no, Macs don't need to be defrag'd! Umm ya, k! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
