[brlug-general] Active Directory Mandated at LSU

[willhill]

No one is trying to keep anyone out, they are just trying to keep their 
computers running.  Everyone knows that LSU owns public records that reside 
on employee computers and those records will be turned over on demand.  To 
continue a bad analogy, these administrators are afraid that their locks 
won't be working soon.  I've told them they need to make the move to free 
software and that move makes sense to them now.  To counter that analogy 
directly, there were indeed rooms at LSU's Nuclear Science Center that had 
special locks and LSU's administration includes every LSU employee.  

Free software ideals have not broken down here.  If you consider LSU the 
computer's owner, they are able to do anything they want with their 
computers.  More importantly, the man administering this policy has made it 
clear that you can have your software freedom and still use LSU's network.  
If you were using Windoze, you never had freedom or control to begin with and 
neither did LSU.  

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 12:52 pm, Tim Fournet wrote:
> Do these administrators also believe they have the right to change the
> locks on their buildings to keep the LSU administration out?

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 11:58 am, B. Estrade wrote:
> That is the price you pay for getting to use LSU's network. I suppose they
> could always get some other ISP while on campus, but that is a tad much
> just to further some OSS ideal that obviously breaks down in the real
> world.