There is nothing in this reply that doesn't apply to any other type of file or program.
-- Mike Gill From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: iTunes I disagree, even though music files can be copied and shared without any 'software capable of playing them' there is also no reason to enable this behavior by providing (additional) tools to make the task easier, especially when there is no business case to support the tool. I have been in the situation in the past where even though there was an HR policy against personal files being stored on the network shares ( we did not back up workstations ) the backups were slowed by gigabyte after gigabyte after gigabyte of personal audio and video files that some end users collected. At best, it was less than 10% of the user population that added over 60 minutes to the backup/restore window, and cluttered the online shares intended for business use. Legal responsibility for copyright issues aside, I liken this to running a restaurant or grocery store, where the employees fill up the refridgerator space with their personal items, displacing space intended for official use, taking advantage of the operational expense ( power, maintenance, etc ) all the while making it harder to locate items intended for business ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
