[ShadowAce]

[Meet the New Boss]

The more centralized all of our information access is, the easier it will be for the progressives to gain control over it.

[Egon]

It’s time to update your desktops and your attitudes. Welcome to the second decade of the twenty-first century.

...so let's re-embrace a concept we finally managed to get rid of after the 1970s.

In all seriousness, there are times when a centralized model works, and times when a localized solution works better. The trick is: knowing when to use each, and how to mix the two.

[PieterCasparzen]

Wanting control ? Try having updates applied to your PC which render it unusable for doing your development work. Depends on how well that “centralized administration” works.

If you don’t have demanding deadlines, it’s fine, take a break, find another machine when your machine is wacked.

If you do have deadlines, you’d rather get all updates done at the point where you’ve finished important work and are “in between” major projects or tasks.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

It’s funny how many IT support people, managers and corporate types believe that they need some sort of localized control over their operating systems, infrastructures and applications.

As someone who works in an insanely large organization whose IT resources are at least 80 percent centrally controlled, I can say that these people are correct. Don't listen to this dingelheimer. Give up control at your own peril.

[Peter from Rutland]

MORONS.

Some people do more than check email and cruise the web for porn.

Some of us game, or even *shock* use Visual Studio to do programming or other complex tasks.

Could these asswipes PLEASE kill themselves?

[Eaker]

It’s time to update your desktops and your attitudes.

It's time to kiss my ass.