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

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