Re: Santa Fe city government computers knocked out by worm

[kenw () kmsi net]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:26:50 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

> > > No explaination why Sante Fe officials had not patched the city's
> > > computers in the three months since Microsoft announced the vulnerability
> > > and released the software updates.  Nor why Sante Fe didn't have up to
> > > date anti-virus programs running on its computers.
> >
> > Nor why they were using such rubbish software for a mission-
> > critical system.
> Because for people outside our little industry the software is a tool to get
> a JOB done, not the job itself.
>
> Alex

A perceptive comment, but not actionable.

This incident is what happens when non-tool oriented people must use tools.
Our responsibility is to teach; theirs is to learn.

Some people spend too much time sharpening their tools.  Others too little.
Neither is innocent when the job fails to get done. 

/kenw