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From: Kenneth Libby <lovely@utkux.utk.edu>
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:117] Re: Techno Tyranny (fwd)
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Sounds like tyranny, David,
But I would like to know the objectives of the committee before
making a final call. I can think of three good reasons for
"administrating" the installation of new programs: copyrights, viruses,
and "buggy" configurations of the software.
Any human-centered organization would supposedly try to find other
means for protecting their systems, although other means would probably
involve greater costs. Peggy already suggested the cost of sending out
technicians with every mis-hap. Often we technicians are not very
successful teachers, which is what an ambitious experimenter usually
needs. Planning and carrying out such coaching sessions on software
installation involves more costs. And then Peggy alluded to the problem
of copyrights (Wink, wink, Peggy.) How much would a legal suit cost an
organization found to be running multiple copies of a program w/o the
licenses?
I would like to offer my rhetorical support to people who are
being held back by organizational limitations. Please step forward, offer
your problems and suggestions to peers, supervisors and policy committees.
You can encourage your organizations to grow into more mature methods for
protecting their computing investments while heightening people's
productivity and empowerment.
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