Maybe for the same reasons we have to be on site here at home. Maybe this is a mission critical application where the developer needs to be on site for timely maintenance/troubleshooting/upgrades? The Internet in Iraq is not the same as here. Most bases use satellite based internet becuase the Iraqi infrastructure is not where it needs to be. What if the lines are down between Baghdad and the rest of the world. How are you going to work on your apps if this happens. Could be this is a secure intranet. Who is going to install the updates or new applications? Not everyone in the military is a programmer. In fact, AFAIK, the Army does not have a programmer job in the ranks. Plenty of other IT positions like LAN/WAN specialist, computer repair specialists.
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Maureen wrote: > Why on earth would a programmer need to be in Baghdad? I can't > think of a single reason why the programming couldn't be done in a > safer location and send to the war zone. Especially if it's web > work. The web don't care where you are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
