[Gllug] Linux on Desktop

[Ryan Cartwright]

Juergen Schinker wrote:
> Am Fr, 2.02.2007, 15:13, schrieb Ryan Cartwright:
>> Jason Clifford wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Juergen Schinker wrote:
>>>
>>>> and to the useless comment from Mr Brooks i will
>>>> say just this <snip>
>>> While you may not appreciate his comments the fact remains that he is
>>> right. You have chosen to install unauthorised software on a company
>>> computer sytem and as a systems administrator you should know better
>>> than to do that - you should certainly have been aware of your employers
>>> policy in this respect.
>>>
>> I agree with Jason here - Martin is correct. It doesn't matter what
>> licences the software uses, installing unauthorised software against
>> company policy is a bad idea. IME it more often than not leads to
>> problems.
>>
> 
> enough  HE said it was unauthorised
> that was HIS Opinion not a fact
> and it wasn't against company policy!
> Martin and Jason are wrong ...
> 
> i can install whatever i want on my PC
> coz i'm the Administrator and i also made the Policy

This does seems to conflict with your earlier statement :

 > "i switched my desktop to linux without asking in advance
 > and now my boss was pissed"

That would imply that you needed permission - authorisation - before 
installing Linux. Given that statement I think Martin, Jason and I are 
perhaps justified in assuming you were not authorised to install it.

Ryan
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