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On 05/02/2014 01:27, walt wrote: |
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> Being the only user of this machine, I could work up some outrage over this |
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> new PITA -- but I've decided not to be outraged. I pretend to be a sysadmin |
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> and imagine how I would feel if an arbitrary user demanded the ability to |
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> plug any arbitrary USB stick into his corporate workstation. |
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> Well, I'm not a corporate sysadmin, and never will be, but I think I'd be |
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> reluctant to let him do it. |
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> Any official sysadmins out there have an infallible opinion to offer? |
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I am a corporate sysadmin, and resisting that one is a waste of time. |
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"bring your own device" is all the current rage in corporate speak. |
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So it's The user's whole computer plus nothing of mine on the network |
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versus the users own USB stick plus the computer of mine on the network. |
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No brainer. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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