On Apr 11, 2007, at 1:52 PM, John Kubie wrote: > What is the concern of the computer administrators and is there any > way to alleviate their concerns and deal with this?
As someone who works full time in educational technology, I feel qualified to answer. :) The concern is that you may be installing something nefarious, something illegal, or even something that's simply not compatible with their system. It's also tremendously helpful to keep every machine as close to identical to all the others as possible, since it makes re-imaging the computers vastly simpler later on. Eventually, these concerns become policies, which have to be enforced evenly and fairly, or they can be questioned later on. It may seem draconian or even downright silly, but when you have a handful of people managing thousands of computers, you find that some standards are absolutely necessary. At my school, we're actually quite liberal with our computers, since we give our teachers admin rights to their computers and allow them to install software. Most schools in my area don't even give their teachers that much freedom, let alone students or people outside the school system. The best way to deal with it is to have the teacher talk to the tech folks ahead of time (like a week before) and let them know what you'll need and when. Unless they're paranoid weenies (which, granted, many of them are), they'll probably be pretty accommodating. The biggest thing is to give them enough lead time. -- Brad Rhine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bradrhine.com Tangelo: Web Publishing... With A Twist! _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
