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On Wednesday 11 June 2008 23:41, Kevin Tunison wrote: ... > mind many individuals at that level do NOT necessarily come from >>an IT > background, but more likely a business background solely. The IT industry > must be the only department within business that >>has a head whose > background doesn't necessarily match their expertise. I've found over the years that there are two types of IT people - microsoft trained and (more) useful engineers that think and play outside the MS box. Take sql server - the main reason behind web hacks. Why did they go to such lengths to make a security model* that didn't work? It probably comes back to their one and only attempt at 'merging' their software into a coherent unit. However they chose to ensure their DS was NOT easily compatible with LDAP. LDAP does anything an organisation needs. So DS must be a subset of useful! *which explains Microsoft's understanding of 'model' - something smaller and much less functional than the real thing. As for having a head that doesn't match their expertise - thats British (and American) management in general. There seems to be the logical progression. A managers job is to delegate. If he is to delegate then he requires no understanding of the underlying problems or mechanisms. If he is a manager he must make decisions that are completely at odds with any underlying logic. How else can someone get a £3 million bonus for royally screwing 90% of their job up ? Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html