Re: [LINK] Defence dumps Windows XP

2019-02-25 Thread JLWhitaker
I just heard a program on Radio National about the new whistleblower laws. I wonder if it covers IT coders. It sounds like a really good start on protecting people, and requiring majorly large companies to prepare actionable policies to be in place by January 2020, but the law comes into effect

Re: [LINK] Defence dumps Windows XP

2019-02-25 Thread Karl Auer
On Tue, 2019-02-26 at 09:08 +1100, Tom Worthington wrote: > As I tell computer students, it is better to work out what you are  > ethically prepared to work on before you take the job.  > http://www.tomw.net.au/basic_ict_professional_ethics/ At the risk of being boring, I generally agree: https:/

Re: [LINK] Defence dumps Windows XP

2019-02-25 Thread Tom Worthington
On 24/2/19 11:55 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: 'We Refuse to Create Technology for Warfare and Oppression: Microsoft Workers Demand Company End (U.S.) Army Contract ... https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/23/we-refuse-create-technology-warfare-and-oppression-microsoft-workers-demand-company