On 3/17/06, Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not the point. An employee should always fairly compensate his > employer by putting in honest work for the money paid him. Similarly, > an employee who is in charge of spending his employers money should > spend it with respect, responsibility, and honesty regardless of where > that money comes from. If an employee treats money differently > depending on whether or not such money is sacred, there is a problem. > So my point in that working for the church, or working with sacred or > un-sacred money should not have any discernible difference on a person's > responsibility or integrity. That is how I operate. All of my budget > money is "sacred" just as a matter of principle.
I see what you're saying and I agree. You're a man of integrity no matter what. > Sure that sounds great. But we have to approach this issue (of using > OSS to save money) from a business standpoint. All of the costs (not > just money) have to be considered. For example, in theory we can also > save money by providing all church units and BYU needs with cheap white- > box computers with built-in RAID1 for 1/3 the cost of Dell. But would > we save money? I don't think so. True again. You can't just take free software and throw it on an ignorant user-base and expect them to be as productive as they used to be. You would loose money in the short term (and MS would argue that you would loose money -- TCO -- in the long term too). Your example of desktop hardware is true In the case of desktop software I think that's mostly true. In the case of server software, however, that's not true at all. > I deal just fine with my little corner of BYU. People I work with are > largely responsible and are good managers of people, money, and > resources. I like working for BYU. I like the overall environment (no > serious health hazards, etc...). I like the ability to discuss general > conference if I wanted to. That's great. I appreciate the same benefit. > If there is a take-away message for a potential CS CSR from this off- > topic exchange it is that a job is a job and what you get out of it and > what you put into it should not be influenced by the fact that it is > "working for the church." Your bosses are not (at BYU) necessarily > kneeling in prayer for every decision. They are not super-human or walk > 6-inches off the ground. They are just normal business managers who > pretty much run the place like any other business. Most of them are not > nearly as knowledgeable or as perfect as they should be (neither are > you). But here and there you find some really good people and lots of > cool things get done. The same goes for every place you will ever work > at. Agreed. -Bryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
