+1 On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Rob Bonfiglio <[email protected]>wrote:
> "Even with the weak economy, companies will find it harder to recruit savvy > workers if they don't let them use their favored technology." > > I'd like to know what this guy was smoking when he wrote this. In the US, > with an unemployment rate of over 10%, if you turn down a job because the > company won't let you use your "favored technology" then it is the company > that has benefitted from you turning down the job! > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM, 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." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
