Restrictive Environment From School

[Steve W]

I MUST agree with Dave. Before I had even finished reading the post I was getting ready to respond. It seems that some here feel that it is OK to do what they wish as long as it suits their needs. Some of these people are the same ones that say GP is alive and well and that teams should be trusted to follow the rules and given the benefit of the doubt.

When ever someone trusts us with their property we should handle that property better that we would our own. On our team I have been loaned some laptops. I was given permission to erase the hard drives and put what ever I want on them. I must return them with the same operating system on them when they were given to me. The team has been instructed to make sure that the laptops are locked up at all times. These are conditions that were given to me at the time they were loaned. I even use my work laptop with a few more restrictions. We as a team are thankful for what we have been entrusted with and we don't want to lose the privilege of using these laptops.

To encourage someone to "break the rules" is NEVER a good solution. We should always work within the rules and not look for ways to "legally" break them.