No complaining here about RDi or developer workstation pricing here.
However, I will admit to doing many things to keep auditors happy or not
be in violation of corporate security standards. Management will do the
hula to correct an audit exception or a security standard exception. I
figure those exceptions carry about 100x the purchasing power of yours
truly. Do not assume this means I think it makes good business
sense.....
Michael Crump
Manager, Computing Services
Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:09 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Anti-virus for i5OS
Mike Cunningham wrote:
And even though we do not allow much access to the IFS when auditors
come to the line in their script that says "Are you running anti-virus
software on ALL your servers?" It's a lot easier to just say yes than
try and explain why your iSeries does not need one. That is if the price
is reasonable.
And yet on this very list I hear folks complaining about $150 a seat for
RDi, or that it's too expensive to buy an $800 workstation for
development. I find it hard to justify i5/OS software that's not needed
to assuage an auditor and then not supply developers with the very best
in hardware and software.
Anyway, just me.
Joe
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