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IP: The man makes a good point -- re: : a Code of Consuct for Programmers
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:20:06 -0400
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:04:45 -0400 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Daniel Horwitz <dhorwitz () citopia com> Subject: Re: IP: a Code of Consuct for Programmers It's odd that we as a society require certification from the rank and file but not from the decision makers. That the MBAs running the HMOs decide what medical procedures people need, not the doctors; the city planners decide what bridges should go up, not the engineers; and that business managers make the final decisions on software projects, not the programmers. You'd think it would be just the opposite, that managers would have to be certified in the thing they're managing. At 12:14 AM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:Guess CPSR wants licensing of Programmers (someone should tell her almostall engineers who work on bridges are NOT Professional Engineers."You don't want an unlicensed engineer working on a bridge, but you haveunlicensed computer programmers working all the time," said Dr. Marsha C. Woodbury, chairwoman of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, an 1,800-member group that deals with social consequences of computing.http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/05/biztech/articles/03code.html
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