On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Dave Close wrote:
David Lang wrote:
While HIPPA or PCI are clear triggers that can point at the need to have a
Professional Sysadmin in charge, defining the terms this way makes it easy to
say that the local Deli probably doesn't need a professional running their
computers, but that the local Engineering firm that would go out of business if
they lost their data does.
Paraphrasing as a devil's advocate: the local deli probably doesn't need
a competent administrator while the local engineering firm does. Seems to
me that you are equating competence with professionalism. Tell that to the
licensed doctors or lawyers sanctioned for incompetence.
Well, if we don't try to make professionalism imply competence, then why does
LOPSA exist?
Doctors or lawyers who are sanctioned for incompetence (or otherwise failing to
live up to the code of conduct) are being sanctioned to support the idea that
professionalism implies competence.
I'd say it's less "doesn't need" and more "doesn't absolutly require" a sysadmin
that covers every base and thinks ahead.
That doesn't mean that they won't benefit from having one, or that the people
who support them aren't professionals, just that it's a small enough job that
they can get away with less.
And in no way am I saying that !professional implies !competent (before anyone
brings up that straw man)
David Lang
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