Sorry I might have been mistaken then. I've been both user and admin of the IT department and the amount of bullshit handwaving that comes from some of them is

Sorry I might have been mistaken then. I've been both user and admin of the IT department and the amount of bullshit handwaving that comes from some of them is infuriating. I honestly believe that 25% get their jobs through nepotism because there is no way that IE6 should still be a requirement for any PC. 1. I share the same view. Once it leaves the network you're on your own. I encourage our users to backup to our servers because storage is cheap and if they are going to be using it for work might as well. 2. DMZ doesn't mean killing it just means your unknown device has a connection to the internet and that is all. Some users just want to bring in an iPad and aren't looking to get 802.11x certificates, 26-character WPA passswords, etc. 3. Unless someone is being a nuissance on the network I try not to get involved and even then I fire off an email directly to shut them up. I work for a software company so most users are really computer competent so I haven't encountered the "problem" user that most IT workers love to make fun of.