> -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:07 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Macromedia up its own arse over Flash > > > Obviously never worked in a blue chip company :P > > I know for a fact that when you are supporting 1000+ > desktops, each is a mirror image. I know of one company where > Flash3 is still the installed version of Flash and you can't > do a damm thing about it until they build and test a new > desktop image, but in corporate environments Flash is not > considered important, so this aspect has never been addressed. > > So Flash is not something you can download and install as you want. :(
Honestly I've never worked in a large company that demanded that kind of adherance to the base image. Sure an image is used to create the machines (actually in most cases I've seen the vendor does this, Dell or Compaq or whomever) but after control is often left to the end user. On the other hand medium sized-companies often seem to do this. I assume it's because they're moving towards consolidation. But when the company gets REALLY big there's just no way to manage that many disparate needs. So you either play a losing game of "custom image" or give up some control. Of course the by line is always "support only for supported platforms" and that works for the vast majority of business and support personel, but us tech geeks just always gotta be thorns... My company (and it's children) has on the order of 13,000-17,000 machines... There are published standards and images, but not much in the way of post install restrictions. I've also worked at three... No four other companies of similair or smaller sizes that also didn't lock down like this. I dunno - maybe it's just the insurance industry. ;^) Of course there ARE many companies that DO just what you described - but to make a blanket statement just isn't right. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
