> > > > Oops wrong gauntlet. I thought you said something about making licensing a > requirement to be hired.
yes - like ****Every Other Profession*** from stock brokers to MD's. but this is Unionization. > Aside from how you could enforce that without union activity... > In Pharmacy is it is under the NY State Controlled Substances Act, Article 33, Chapter 11 of the Adminstration Rules and Reg, Subchapter J part 80, The Comprehessive Drug Abuse Prevention and Controll Act of 1970 - Public Law 91-513 on the Federal Level Article 137 of the NY State Education Law, section 6800-6827, and part 63 (which defines licensing and requirments). Also section 130 of the Education Law, subartcle 2,3,4. Regents Rules part 17,24,28,29,59 and more. IT needs similar mandates for Certified Computer Information Analysts (CCIA). > But I still think licensing is just as unlikely to make anyone care. i Then empoyers will ***GO TO JAIL*** for operating an unsafe publically available information service. <<For one thing, how will you grandfather everyone in?>> This is an issue for the Professional Association (let's call it NYCCIA). They'll set the standards and recommend them to the Board of Public Digital Infrastructure Services, who will propagate the rules rules based on this board and the parant national orgazition. Future members will require passing the battery of board exams and a minimum accredited College degree baring program. >For another, don't you think technology changes too fast to determine the << IT changes at the pace os a crawling WORM compared to medicine and law. <<test in time? How much bureaucracy do you think this is going to take? - Oh wait now I see how it is going to create jobs :)> As much as it needs to in order to assure proper oversite and public safety. > How is what you are proposing anything short of a hidden tarriff on using < >code developed overseas? How would you plan to certify a gameboy or vcr or a >toshiba laptop? There is no tarrif, hidden or otherwise. In fact, this is likely to DECREASE cost as viruses and spam are eliminated and disasters are overted. How much was the cost of the year 2000 upgrade? How much was the cost of the 2003 blackout? Ruben -- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://fairuse.nylxs.com http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... 1-718-382-0585
