Adam Turoff wrote:
>If a doctor were to put 1L of morphine in a saline drip, there's the
>possibility of being sued for malpractice, gross neglect, etc.
>
>Similar examples exist for CPAs, structural engineers, lawyers, etc.
>
>Not getting the backups done isn't anywhere close to the same
>level of importance.
>
I take your point, but in some cases getting the backups done is fairly
important.
An example: The telecom industry functions under a fairly extensive set
of FCC requirments for backup and retention of records (to say nothing
of the uses to which one can and cannot put such records). I'm not sure
how many hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties a company could
rack up by having their backups fail, but I'm sure it's in that range.
(Could I be found liable if I caused, through gross negligence, such a
civil penalty to be applied? I hope I never find out.)
Consider also that the majority of the numerous daily tasks carried out
by, say, doctors, lawyers, nurses, and CPAs are strictly routine. Only
on occasion do they turn out to be life-saving or fatal.
John A
