On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Aaron McCaleb wrote: > Particularly with respect to corporate and public policy, in what way > is the system administration profession _not_ being advanced at this > time? (Note: "My boss/family/neighbors/Representative/priest doesn't > understand my job," probably isn't a good answer. First of all, > that's just life. Second, that is more of an educational issue, not a > public policy issue.)
... and I'd ask "whose corporate and public policy?". Taking Personally Identifiable Information (PII) as an example, the standards and expectations for how PII should be handled vary dramatically around the world (in many cases, to our distinct detriment). IMNSHO, we'd do far better to concentrate on the profession, and professional standards -- these are things that have more than a snowball's chance in the sun of being globally applicable. Further, it's far easier to discuss corporate and public policy when you're actually an entity people can wrap their heads around. cheers! ========================================================================== "A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now." _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
