On Jul 16, 2:23 am, Efraim Yawitz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I suppose this is called hijacking the thread completely (although I didn't
> really start it), but I wish I had some forum to discuss the totally
> opposite cultures in the free software and proprietary software worlds.
>
I don't recall seeing anything about free vs. proprietary software in
this thread! In most IT departments I know of that limit software
installations, they operate on a "whitelist" basis. I'm making a big
assumption here, but I doubt very much that the OP's IT department
explicitly bans gvim...it just doesn't have gvim on its "approved
software" list, therefore it is not allowed. It's probably a common
enough installation that they know how to search for it. Firefox would
also often find itself in this category. Big companies especially tend
to do this, because even if most programmers/software engineers know
how to determine whether or not to trust an application, think about
all the "OMG FRee ScREENSaveRz!" applications that people in other
roles might install. Even software people screw up sometimes. Free vs.
proprietary software only comes up because free software rarely has a
spokesperson that spends their time going to big companies to push
their software. Even though it is very annoying, I can certainly see
why IT departments do this. Nevertheless, in general, it should be
much easier to add useful applications to the whitelist (or there
should at least be a defined process to do so). With no easy way to
add applications to the whitelist, and with IT departments committed
to strictly (and blindly) apply their rules, users of useful
applications like gvim will no doubt suffer.
Anyway, here's a suggestion for the OP: have you TRIED getting gvim
approved for use? A simple email to your boss might help. The IT
department probably has a central contact person, you should try them
as well. At the very least, they should be able to tell you WHY they
don't want you using gvim.
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