UCSB bans Windows NT/2K

[Phoenician]

IMHO, I can understand. Security is a big issue and internet access is a
privilege
on campus.  I imagine that the administrative staff does not have the
manpower or resources
to over see the installation of proper virus software, updates, patches and
security settings
on each and every students pc.  The installation of Linux, RH or otherwise,
in not exactly
a simple thing, when compared to Win32 installations.  Installing, running,
and operating
Linux is not exactly what I would call "entry level skills".  Linux is not
vulnerable to the
issues that U of C was attempting to address.

I do however see where you are coming from.

- Phoenician

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of ndr
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:26 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: UCSB bans Windows NT/2K

Thats kinda lame. Its inhibiting choice and is rather rash. Default
RedHat installs on college students computer is very much the bane of
most administrators existence. To single out Windows on this without
education is a sign of laziness.

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:03:57AM -0400, Mark Hutchings wrote:
::http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,603293,00.asp
::
::Students at the University of California at Santa Barbara have been banned
from
::using Windows 2000 and NT, to protect the health of the network.
::
::