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Would you like to have a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" (or the like) forum/section?

Poll ended at Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:44 am

Yes- I manage a bunch of ThinkPads and this is a great idea!
3
50%
No- All the information I need is already available in other areas.
2
33%
Not Sure- I don't think Captain Kirk or Picard uses a ThinkPad
1
17%
 
Total votes: 6

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Admins- How about a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum?

#1 Post by moore101 » Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:44 am

This forum has lots of great information on all things ThinkPad. Much of the info is slanted toward the individual home users. How about a special section for ThinkPad admins in a multi-user environment? It would be a good place to organize tools that workstation admins use to help manage ThinkPads in their company and also to discuss trends with hardware failures or other issues that we see when supporting 100's or 1000's of ThinkPads.

Just a thought, thanks!
Loran

PS- For the heck of it I have created a poll to gauge interest in this idea.
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Re: Admins- How about a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum?

#2 Post by Marin85 » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:14 pm

I don´t manage a bunch of ThinkPads, in fact just one, but I think it is a nice idea :)
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Re: Admins- How about a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum?

#3 Post by yak » Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:40 pm

I manage four ThinkPads in total two of which are mine and the other of my family members. That's no Enterprise so I'm not sure if we need such forum. Besides, the third option made me laugh so I went for that.
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Re: Admins- How about a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum?

#4 Post by BillMorrow » Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:26 pm

an interesting proposal..

would this new "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum be limited to multiple thinkpad managers..?
or open to the general membership..?

i'm listening.. :)
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Re: Admins- How about a "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum?

#5 Post by moore101 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:47 pm

BillMorrow wrote:an interesting proposal..

would this new "ThinkPads in the Enterprise" forum be limited to multiple thinkpad managers..?
or open to the general membership..?

i'm listening.. :)
Hi Bill,
I see no reason to exclude any members. Plus I don't think there would be a way to filter out the general public without manually administering it. It might be a good idea to make this (potential) forum only accessible to registered forum members as that would be a good incentive for lurker ThinkPad admins to join and participate.
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