But since organizations cannot force #2 to happen, they must instead opt
for #1 (at least for the time being).
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John Hornbuckle
Network Manager
Taylor County School District
318 North Clark Street
Perry, FL 32347
-----Original Message-----
From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Microsoft Has Nimda
Operant Conditioning 101: behavior is controlled by its consequences,
but most IT depts are skilled at dodging those consequences (which
reinforces THAT behavior), so nothing changes/improves. The problem
that management has is determining whether any given admin "crime" is
worthy of the death sentence, since a firing impacts morale and often
requires a new (expensive) hire. I see two places where improvement
could be made: 1)upgrade the multitude of admins (not fast or easy or
cheap), or 2)upgrade the product's ability to keep ITSELF patched (which
is Microsoft's baby). There seems to be a certain efficiency in #2.
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm