[BC] IT and the modern station

[Barry Mishkind]

At 08:47 PM 2/18/2006, Sid Schweiger wrote
>Unfortunately, a lot of the software we use in broadcasting can only run
>if the user is an administrator of his/her computer, which means that
>the user can install anything he/she wants to.

         I really got angry with a certain Automation system
         a few years ago.  It required (even was hard-coded) that
         it would run as an admin with a specific password, in
         order to run the automation.

         Sure enough, the VERY FIRST WEEKEND the system
         was up, a weekender changed the password and shut the
         system down. (Management had been very cagey about
         the automation, and how they were going to cut staff.
         Staff decided to have its revenge.)

         A complete reload was needed.