16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
7:54 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
they really hate for people to put any software on
their system
(typical windows-using mindset, but let's not get into that :),
Umm, I had the misfortune to run a Windows9x network for a couple of
years. 30+ machines and 50+ belligerently clueless archeologist users.
If I could have stopped those idiots from installing *every* browser
plugin that came along and $3 cut-out software, I'd have had half the
repairs to do.
That _is_ a Windows-admin mindset, borne of much painful experience.
No such beefs about *nix users. If they can install & run whatever
with user perms, it probably can't break anything.
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