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Default Another casualty of Windows and Vista
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:42:57 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:19:55 -0400, HK wrote:

Using LINUX on a server when you are a hobbyist or have an IT department
devoted to servers is a lot different than using LINUX on a desktop.


IBM controls the desk top on company owned PCs. Employes are strongly
discouraged from adding anything that is not sent to them by the
company, using words like "conditions of employment".

As I recall, all the companies I worked for locked out installs on the
desktop images when NT went in. I had a PIM that I suddenly couldn't
use without admin install rights. Notepad was my substitute, and
worked fine. No company wants uncontrolled/unapproved apps
on their networked PC's. Well, not the ones I worked for anyway.

--Vic
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