After Walt Mossberg called IT departments at large organizations “the most regressive and poisonous force in technology today,” he became subject to some venomous comments himself.
Mr. Mossberg, personal-technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, made the remarks in a speech to 250 college presidents and administrators at The Chronicle’s Presidents Forum on Monday. His belief is that large IT departments centralize the technology of their organizations too much, preventing people from pursuing their own choices of computers and software.
That comment seems to have peeved many college technology chiefs. On the Educause CIO listserv today, one person wrote, “It occurred to me that Mr. Mossberg may never have enjoyed the financial challenge of providing services to several thousands or tens of thousands of users, each of whom is free to select his or her favorite brand of equipment or software. Hope he gets the chance someday.” —Dan Carnevale
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