RE: [SLUG] hrmm.. go Telstra

[Rachel Polanskis <r.polanskis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Rodos wrote:

> ROFL!
> 
> Rachel you do work at a univerity don't you. Are you sure you are not the
> BOFH! Did you have to admin an NT machine today? I sense some frustration.

To answer your questions:

Yes
No 
No 
Yes, I am frustrated,

The awful truth is that our workplace is going through major restructure.
The way each UWS Member does things is quite different.  Some members 
let the users do anything they want with the network, others hold a 
tighter reign.

The biggest problems seem to be recurring where the users have been 
allowed to determine the direction of IT.  I have recently seen some 
of the most uninformed and idiotic decisions being made that the uni 
now has to accomodate.  These decisions impact on IT in a big way 
and especially the Corporate image of the uni itself as prescense 
on the Internet.   Suffice to say that the user group involved made this 
decision and actively ensured that anyone with any technical experience 
was excluded.   Suffice to say that the user group went with the 
$250,000 NT solution (that doesn't work) over the $25000 UNIX solution
that has been proven in a production role for almost 2 years. 
When querying the user group about the choice, they could not put their 
finger on why but the overwhelming feeling one gets is that they liked 
the graphics better on the NT "solution" based on the anecdotal evidence.


QED

Rachel Polanskis                 University of Western Sydney, Nepean
Senior UNIX Admin                PO Box 10, Kingswood NSW 2747
Systems && Operations            Information Technology Services, Kingswood
r.polanskis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    Phone: +61 (0247) 360 291