[BC] Company Laptops

[Scott]

Just a word of warning that you and your staff need to be careful about 
File-Sharing Programs and DRM on any of the laptops.
History has proven to me that the salesman have a tendency to make "Innocent 
or I had no idea" mistakes that can wreck havoc on internal networks or god 
forbid that a salesman copied or received an audio recording from a client 
that is infected or has been breached by a DRM.
If the DRM gets into one of the Control or Production systems you have a 
very real chance of destroying your Investment in your audio.
Remember that DRM is not picked up by most Anti-Virus scanners and is very 
effective at breaching Firewalls and other security features because of it's 
Root Kit capability.
Be Careful.
Scott O. Luse
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris O'Hearn" <kc9dgp at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Company Laptops


> On 10/4/07, Dennis Burton <dburton at provalue.net> wrote:
>>
>> Our company has made the decision to furnish our sales people with
>> laptops...with that said.  What rules do other companies impose on their
>
>
> We've taken a slightly different approach.  Company pays for the laptop up
> front, and it's company property for 2 years.  1/2 the value is deducted
> from paycheck over the course of a year.  After the 2 years, it's the 
> users
> computer (we also insist on the 3 year warranty, BTW).  We support the
> computer if we purchased it, short of negligent damage, for the 2 years,
> after that, we assist the user thru warranty channels.  They also may find 
> a
> computer on their own, and their reimbursed 1/2 the cost, but we
> (engineering/ IT) don't call and wait on hold for tech support via the big
> box type stores (our normal supplier isn't big name, but they treat us 
> very
> well, and aren't afraid to just send a drive or board to have us swap.
> Toshiba always seems to want the whole machine, and they usually wipe the
> drive, even if it's not a software problem).
>
> The theory is, if the computer will become the users, they're likely to
> treat it better.
>
> As far as departures, sales management give them the option to pay full
> price or pro-rated somehow before 2 years, or we take it back, and they 
> get
> no money back.
>
> -chris
>
> -- 
> Chris O'Hearn, Chief Engineer
> Mid-West Family Broadcasting-
> La Crosse, WI
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