Clipper III on the table

[Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM]

Stephen Humble <deeb at x.org> writes:
> > Likewise the gubmint or a corporation bigger than mine is free to
> > say that there should be no data on its computers or its contractors
> > computers that they can't read.
>
> Whoa!  Unless the service contracted for includes the use of the
> contractors' computers, what business does the employer have poking
> around in someone else's computer?  I can easily see Big Brother
> demanding exactly that, but He won't hire me under those conditions.
>
> Or was that just a slip of the mind, assuming large organizations
> should have greater powers than smaller ones?  I do that too much
> myself.

Well, no. I (and any other employer) should be able to specify that
if you do work _for me, you do it on either my equipment, or on
equipment configured and secured to my standards.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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