Les Mikesell wrote:
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote:Windows suffers because by default most users have admin or super user capabilities. This in turn becomes the conduit that so many of the viruses use to gain complete control of the system.Eh? Not on any machine I administer, they don't.Are there no users who know more about their own jobs and program
As I pointed out, even *I* do not have admin capabilities on the XP machines I administer. (I mean my usual login user.) I have never logged into my Linux machine as root. Not even once. I use su.
installation needs than you do? The reason personal computers became popular is because central management of mainframe type installations often didn't keep with their users changing needs.
Umm, well :-) I believe they became popular with ordinary users because they can play games.
In places where users can't control their own PCs, you'll often see 2 computers on every desktop. One is official and used for email, and the other is bought with department or project funds and is where the real work gets done using programs the user installs himself.
I've never worked in a MicroSoft Shop.
Mike
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