[Gllug] Cost of RedHat vs Ubuntu desktop support

[Hari Sekhon]

Peter Corlett wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 05:05:22PM +0100, JLMS wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> How do they deal with security in such promiscuous environment?
>>     
>
> They treat their IT staff like adults who can keep their stuff in order.
> After all, if an employer can't trust staff to look after their own laptop,
> said staff have no business meddling with your company systems, so why on
> earth were they hired in the first place?
>
>   
>> Can people go home, install any software they feel like it, and then come
>> back and connect the laptop in the corporate network?
>>     
>
> I can, and do.
>   
How about a happy balance - you and your close colleagues in IT get to 
install what you like, but you restrict the users to the approved software?

Best of all worlds. Unless you want the latest gameX and iTunes 
installed on the company laptops so their children can play on them...

At least it's a happy balance for IT folks... and in the end, isn't that 
what matters most? ;-)

-h

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