Re: [SAGE] Help! Multiple platforms in a Dell Shop

[Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org>]

At 10:12 PM +0000 2006-01-09, Martin Jackson wrote:

>  I've been accused of abusing using my power by the Exec's by trying to
>  enforce the corporate policy of Dell and maybe their right, I attempted
>  to enforce the policy in order to minimise the support burden and
>  standardise on a supportable base for hardware support and software
>  deployment.

	You're an admin.  You don't really have the right to enforce 
anything, certainly not to the executives of the company.  It is 
their policy, and you are trying to implement it, but when push comes 
to shove they are still your bosses, or at least very important 
customers who can make life hell for your boss and your boss can make 
your life hell.

	As an admin, you have a great deal of responsibility, but very 
little authority.  This is life.  You're going to have to learn to 
deal with it, or seriously consider changing careers.


	Beyond that, I don't really have much useful that I can say on the subject.

	However, I do like the advice you've already been given by Mark 
Ramm and Dave Hilton.

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