Information Industries Competitiveness Study

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

>Dear Bernard,  Roger and Linkers
>
>I am always interested when this issue crops up and it does so often.  If we
>look at the title of Bernard's email (Info Ind Competitiveness Study) then
>we might (and mistakenly) assume IT and leave it at that.

I just used the subject as it was.

>
>But is IT the sole owner of the industry that is "information"?
>
>Not in my book, nor in my teaching.

Then it should follow that application programmers et al should be represented
in the AIIA. Are they? No they are not. The AIIA is a vendor lobby group.

Does that mean the AIIA is mis-representing the Information industry?
Maybe they should be asked to rename themselves the AITIA (at least it is
still palindromic).

regards
brd
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|Bernard Robertson-Dunn                   |
|Canberra                                 |
|Australia                                |
|brd@netinfo.com.au                       |
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