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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
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Subject: System administration
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Date: 21 Nov 89 17:40:30 GMT
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In article <2931@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) writes:

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>Strange.  It seems that you are saying that a system-administrator should
>care whether a non-paying user stays or goes...  What a strange idea!

>On MY system, I make the rules for MY convienience -- if the users don't like
>it, they are free to find someone else to give them access.  As it is,
>they get a lot more than they pay for.

The system OWNER has the right to do this.  A system administrator has an 
important function to perform, namely, to make the system work well for the
USERS.  As administrator, s/he has no business making rules for his convenience
if they degrade the system in the eyes of the owner and/or users.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)