Users and managers now had direct control of their data and processes, and ultimately this set the stage toward today's reality. I understand the security issues - they are absolutely valid in today's world.īut the whole reason the PC came about, was because it moved the computing resources from some sacrosanct computing 'temple' (complete with acolytes who kept the system running, secure, and managed) to the general office, and allowed the users to customize and control their software and data to allow for a more 'agile' flow.Ĭomputer-based spreadsheets, for instance, weren't anything new when VisiCalc appeared on the scene in 1979 (and later on the PC in 1981) - what was new was having such a powerful piece of software available on a machine that was cheap and independent of the 'computer room'.

Perhaps we should all go back to mainframes and green-screen dumb terminals?

> I don't understand the shock here? Large corporations don't want users installing random apps. Sorry to rant, but in summation, don't be shocked when corporate users want their laptops to be as restricted and purely for work as possible. I will admit that this is not a problem in the LTSB branch of Windows 10 Enterprise I had the disabled apps magically re-enable themselves 3 times after 'updates' on non-LTSB before switching back over. enterprise) version of Windows is a massive oversight. IMO this is why having even the concept of these apps inside a 'secure' (re. Those working in secretive environments with naive users shouldn't have something like 'Youtube auto-hd' installed, which will feedback every single website they visit to some shady third party analytics company. Similarly, though admittedly not a problem in the same way with Windows store apps, to Chrome extensions. I don't see why an NHS laptop, for example, should have Bejewelled installed, or some dodgy app which gives permissions to the user's drives, and uploads files.

I don't understand the shock here? Large corporations don't want users installing random apps.

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