Re: [PLUG] non profit linux

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

At 07:38 AM 11/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > Q. What's the only thing dumber than one of my coworkers?
> > A. Two of my coworkers.
>
> Uh, even if they aren't on this mail list, a Google search could point one 
> of your coworkers to this message!

"Uh, what's Google?"
Plus most of them have heard the joke already :)



> There are IMs for Linux, but locking down a system like you can do with 
> XP/NT/2k might prevent that.

Yeah :)
Unfortunately we're migrating to Win2k and have way too many 98 machines 
about.  Just located a great piece of shareware that locks it up tight.


>   Linux by default has tighter security than Windows.  (I hate it when 
> Windows is locked down because I can't do what I want, but that's the 
> point here.)

Indeed.
I'm attempting to shoot myself in the foot here by preventing biweekly 
trips to clean up computers that have all sorts of nonsense dumped on them.


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