[LINK] "New Laws: Thou Shalt Patch"

[Craig Sanders]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 03:06:03PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> I wonder if the answer might be a form of professional licencing.
> 
> You need a licence to practice medicine.
> You need a licence to practice law.
> You need a licence to drive a car and it is graded.
> You need a licence to fly a plane and it is also graded.
> Any idiot can administer a network without any training or experience.
> 
> <ducks and runs for cover (8-)>

licensing is not necessary. in fact, it would be counterproductive -
we'd end up with a requirement to have an MCSE or some similarly useless
"qualification".


holding people/companies responsible for the results of their negligence
or incompetence would be good, though.

craig

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