On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 04:44:54PM -0400, Doug Payne wrote: > Christopher R. Hertel wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 02:17:21PM -0500, Scott Genung wrote: > >: > > > >>We do not support Linux clients. > > > > > >I am baffled by this. How can a University or College restrict the OS > >choices of its users? > > Simple; just restrict the O/S choices that you'll *support*. Tell all > the rest they're not supported. Have a rigorous definition of "support".
There are two kinds of "support", in this case. "Support" as in helping people with client system problems and "support" as in providing network services. I try to handle the latter by providing network services that are client agnostic. I mean, I'd love to kick all the Windows users off my network. That would certainly make it easier to run things. Unfortunately, doing so doesn't fit with my job description. I'm supposed to provide services to all end-users, not just those running systems I like. It's a question of being inclusive rather than exclusive. Chris -)----- -- Christopher R. Hertel -)----- University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking and Telecommunications Services "Implementing CIFS - the Common Internet FileSystem" ISBN: 013047116X ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
