[joshstrange]

I'll just file this under "No shit sherlock".

Really, is it any surprise to anyone here that if you give employees less rope it's harder for them to hang themselves? For employees that need admin so that they can install programs and modify settings you simply have a "Here is admin access but don't come to us if you break it" policy.

This article seems painfully obvious and doesn't belong on HN IMHO.

[recursive]

How is it simple to have a "don't come to us" policy? Who should they then come to? A hundred different people trying to fix a problem they don't really understand a hundred different ways is probably going to do more damage in the long run.

[cpach]

Well, an employee wrecking their PC might not be something that the IT department is required to handle, but if malware spreads across the company’s network of course the IT department needs to handle it.

[ceejayoz]

The actual numbers are interesting, also IMHO.