Re(2): scanners

[Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>]

>The drive is to keep all workstations as close to identical as possible, so
>that when problems are encountered, there are fewer variables for fixing
>them.  He said that putting in a SCSI card changes the hardware, IRQ's,
>drivers, etc.  When we update the OS or software, there could be conflicts
>with .dll's.  To avoid this, he would keep a workstation with a SCSI card
>off of the SMS network.

Isn't that the wrong way round? I mean, the IT department is supposed to
help the other departments to work better. But this sounds a lot like the
other departments having to adapt to the needs of the IT department. Is
the tail starting to wag the dog?

Regards
Jan Henning

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