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Posted by Luis Ortega on 04/21/07 16:18
I agree that in an ideal situation this should be the case, but
unfortunately I have to deal with what exists at my school. Compared to the
IT guy we had before, who ran around campus in an anorak and broke more
things than he fixed, the current IT department is better.
I still do not allow them to network my dozen PC workstations because I
don't really trust the network to be reliable.
I am the only one left with PCs on campus and I take care of them myself.
When the servers or the network goes down, other teachers come to my room to
use my inkjet printers!
They asked me to move to the IT department at a pay hike (not hard to get
paid more than a teacher) but I am primarily an artist and the thought of
struggling all day with machines leaves me cold and suicidal. At least
getting paid to work with kids and teaching them what I love to do, and do
for myself anyway, doesn't really feel like work and it's more financially
dependable than when I was working freelance.
"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:EsadnTPspZw9rrfbnZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> A school "IT department" "that is fully Mac" is bad enough,
> one that has any control over client computer purchasing or
> what programming runs on them, is way out of line.
>
> There is no way a properly setup network should care
> whether it's Macs, PCs, a network device, a camera, or
> any other compatible item. It should be able to work
> with anything that can be netted. It shouldn't matter what
> OS is used either, MS, Linux, Sun, or any other, as long
> as it supports connection to a network, (they all do now a
> days).
>
> The "IT department" itself should not be "all Mac" or all
> anything, in fact using Macs as servers, may be possible
> but hardly a responsible approach. For that class of
> server, at least a linux server would make a lot more
> sense. If they are using boxes that resemble Macs or PCs
> instead of 19" racks and blades, then the boxes should
> have "special" server MBs inside them and run a server OS.
>
> They should have no say over the client computers on
> their net, other than what impacts maintaining a secure and
> smooth running network. That would not include requiring
> any certain type or brand of computers. Having an "IT
> Department" control a budget for all computers used in an
> institution, is totally obscene. I smell kickbacks.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>
>
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