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Re: The Airplane Example (was Re: Streaming XML)

• To: "M. David Peterson" <m.david.x2x2x@g...>
• Subject: Re: The Airplane Example (was Re: Streaming XML)
• From: Alan Gutierrez <alan-xml-dev@e...>
• Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:27:53 -0500
• Cc: Benjamin Franz <snowhare@n...>, XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
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* M. David Peterson <m.david.x2x2x@g...> [2004-12-31 11:00]:

> My mistake was using the word crash.  That was a poor choice of words
> and I apologize for that obvious level of insensitivety.  My point was
> not to upset or insult.  Apparently I need to be more careful as I
> hope you will when you start insulting people who have never spoken
> with and I can assure you will never speak with again.
> 
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:03:25 -0800 (PST), Benjamin Franz
> <snowhare@n...> wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, M. David Peterson wrote:

> > > That and your not going to die if something goes wrong with each
> > > built-in safety-switch in your test code... Its hard for me to think
> > > of the implications of failed code compared to implications of a
> > > failed flight.  Please don't take offense by this as I understand what
> > > it is you are suggesting but still have a hard time comparing a
> > > computer crash to a plane crash.

> > I'm of the opinion that software is where engineering was about a century
> > ago: In demand, unregulated, and open to anyone who wants to call
> > themselves a 'programmer', regardless of skill or training. Disasters
> > directly traceable to poor 'engineering' by people with neither skill or
> > training killed a number of people and laws were passed restricting who
> > can legally call themselves an 'engineer'.

> > By the end of this century, I will be amazed if you will still be able to
> > call yourself a 'software engineer/progammer' without a legally mandated
> > certification, license and professional standards.

    Uh, riiiight. And, in the future, if I attempt to create an
    Excel macro, my spread sheet will notifiy the authorities.

--
Alan Gutierrez - alan@e...

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