M. Fioretti wrote: > > >> maybe i am dumb but half of what you said i do not understand, do >> you not like what i said or did you? >> > > I don't like nor dislike it, really. I believe you and I have nothing > against what you said. I just pointed out that yours is not an answer > to the question that I actually asked. > > It is called netiquette. RFC 1855 discusses this at length. > in this case, from the School Board or its official delegates for ICT > matters. > This should not be in question. You have been told NOT to run any software that is not approved by the School Board or you will loose your job. Simple, no OpenOffice at your work location, be it on a hard drive or thumb drive. If you are caught or there is a system edit, you stand a good chance of being fired. > >> (and what do you mean by "when top boss isn't looking" who are you >> talking about? >> > > Obviously, I am talking of the boss of your administrator and/or the > University Rector, Principal or whatever it's called. > > I asked what are the official policies in other places. The fact that > the administrator at your University is your friend and trusts you has > no official value as an authorization whatsoever. It's not a policy. > > To understand the difference, you just have to ask the Rector, in > writing, "All students are allowed to bring their own sw from home and > run it (not installing) as they please on the school computers, aren't > they?" > You might find this interesting. At a local University, all users are prohibited from running any software no placed on the hard drive. Attempting to run programs from a thumb drive will generate an alarm but the user is not aware of this. Staff handle this.
In your case, I would not run any unauthorized software until you receive an OK from the ICT staff. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
