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Old 01-23-2008, 11:02 PM
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Default Re: Forbidding itunes

On Jan 23, 4:51*pm, comph...@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
> "choowie" <choowieNO_SP...@free.fr> writes:
> > "Colin B." <cbi...@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote in message
> >news:W_Klj.832$jw.650@pd7urf2no...
> > > choowie <choowieNO_SP...@free.fr> wrote:
> > >> Hi there,

>
> > >> I need to forbid itunes in my company. Users have already been warnedno
> > >> to
> > >> install it but I believe we can't trust them.

>
> > > This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't think you can trust
> > > your users, then eventually all of the ones you CAN trust will leave
> > > in disgust for jobs where they're treated like grown-ups.

>
> > You don't know anything about the context which lead to such restrictions.
> > Please provide a technical advice, not a moral judgement.

>
> I dont' think Colin's words were a moral judgement--they did properly
> reflect how such restrictions affect morale and people's willingess to
> work for an employer. * * Depends entirely on the employees though.
> I know where I work, if people were unable to listen to music while
> they worked because of some corporate edit they'd all find somewhere
> else to work. *
>
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SafeBoot (www.safeboot.com) includes application control software, so
you could simply blacklist itunes and then it would never run, ever.

S.

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