I know this has been mentioned before, but why is "as400" so insistent on finding out information on how government systems, both real and - like below - possibilities? What do his questions have to do with the purpose of this list?
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: National ID card processing? Why on earth do you persist in asking for specifics about an implementation that hasn't been authorized by, or even formally proposed to, Congress? Unless funds are appropriated to study implementing such a system, it would be inappropriate for federal employees to spend working hours analyzing the requirements for implementation, given past reluctance of Congress to approve any National ID system. With no specifics on what data would be included in such a system, or who would have access, or what its intended use would be, it is simply impossible to hold any rational discussion about implementation details. Attempts to supply any implementation detail at this point for a hypothetical system with unknown requirements would be worthless speculation. In the remote event that such a proposal were passed by Congress, implementation decisions ultimately depend on who the Executive Branch places in charge. If implementation decisions were to be made by someone with a legitimate computer-science / computer-security expertise, one would expect a choice of hardware, operating system, and application implementation techniques appropriate to the sensitivity of the data, the volume of the data, and the access requirements involved. If decisions were made by a "FEMA qualified" Bush appointee whose sole talent is ideological loyalty, then we shouldn't be surprised by an implementation on a network of MS Windows platforms, infested by spy ware and viruses, and with no regular backups or any provision for recovery from hardware failures. as400 wrote: > As a part of data storage, are the ID cards going to be processed from > a system running either a VAX cluster, MVS, z/OS, Solaris, AIX...etc?? > > Thanks > -- Joel C. Ewing, Fort Smith, AR [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
