On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 14:13, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > Discuss: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html > > I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism > nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. In > no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have > within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity gains > users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to do > their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of the > valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new software > in order to be more "productive."
I saw this article, and laughed, then cried, then, well, I wanted to hunt him down with a baseball bat. Too many PHBs will see this, and say: "But it was in the WSJ, so it must be true..." Grrr... Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
