[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Gilbert Morrow]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Leroy Tennison
<leroy_tennison at prodigy.net>wrote:

> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> > Leroy Tennison wrote:
> >> I beg to differ with only one statement: "fascist IT departments."  I'll
> >> be the first to grant that there are control freaks within the IT
> >> community and those whose views are so strident that they make religion
> >> pale by comparison.  However, what I see is "fascist COMPLIANCE
> >> officers" - those who aren't technical but make up for it in obstinance
> >> (why doesn't either Thunderbird or OpenOffice recognize this word?).
> >
> > What compliance are you talking about HIPAA, SOX, or something else?
> > I'm familiar with both of those and they are quite onerous if read
> > "between the lines" and applied that way, but quite reasonable if kept
> > to strict interpretation.
> >
> > ...Ken
> >
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> <sigh> Internal compliance staff.  In this case it's probably
> OCC-related but you never hear specific citations - just what they
> require without explanation...
>
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Seem a few developers at PCLinuxOS have jumped ship and may be going to
start their own Spin Off Distro .


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