> Maybe, but in this case I can run only IE, word, excel and powerpoint. > Do you think there is a rational reason for that?
Yes. It's easier to support. As someone who has worked at administering small & large scale networks, you want that job to be as easy as possible... In this case, it sounds like the library is providing computers for two purposes: access to Office tools and to the internet. Given the "everything not forbidden is permissable" attitude of most people, unless the use is restricted to only those two activities people legitimately wanting access will tend to end up waiting for others who have co-opted the services for their own personal end. > On the other hand one might look at public libraries as places suited > to inspire people and showing them how one is to treat the users of a > public service. By _secretly_ commandeering public resources for your own private use outside of the scope of their intended usage, you plan on showing how the public is responsible enough to do anything they want with those resources? At the end of the day, some staff member is left with having to clean up whatever is done to those public terminals. I think the motivation here has less to do with "selling out" the European Constitution and more to do with someone just wanting to get home from their job with the minimum of hassle. -alex23 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
