Jim Kennedy wrote:
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1073426524.284188_at_yasure...
>
>>Galen Boyer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 06 Jan 2004, john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sorry, but, while not on a par with medicine ( or law or
>>>>nursing, or many others) , any profession responsible ,in many
>>>>cases, for keeping multi-million dollar organizations up and
>>>>running ( think about the Airlines, Banks, Stock Exchange,UPS,
>>>>etc.) need not be shy about being proud of its skills. [I
>>>>know of one company that would lose 25K for each minute the
>>>>database was down] Their does need to be some way, however, to
>>>>insure that those that profess to be DBAs ( or Application
>>>>Developers, Web Designers, whatever) have the skill set needed
>>>>for the task at hand. How to do this makes for a lively debate.
>>>
>>>
>>>I never said, nor do I think that we shouldn't be extremely proud
>>>and also strive to be very good at what we do. I just
>>>fundamentally disagree with those in this newsgroup that think
>>>what we do is do damn important, so important that they liken it
>>>to medicine.
>>
>>Your disagreement is noted: We just respectfully disagree.
>>
>>I have personally worked on systems that Boeing, at an international
>>bank, for government agencies, at pharmaceutical firms, and hospitals.
>>Systems that could, if they make a mistake, cost someone their
>>livelihood or their life in exactly the same way as could a
>>malpracticing physician, attorney, or engineer.
>>
>>In fact these systems might be able to do more damage. A physician can,
>>at most, hurt a handful of patients before being caught. A mistake in a
>>prescription monitoring system can injure or kill many hundreds, even
>>thousands before the error is detected.
>>
>>--
>>Daniel Morgan
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
>>
>
> An error in airline software on how much to put on what plane and where
> could cost the life of everyone on board! (weight management)
> Jim
>
>
Which has been demonstrated by Airbus and ESA (Ariane 6 with Ariane 5 s/w)
--
Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Jan 08 2004 - 14:59:20 CST
