Before you think of being a do-gooder...

[Evan Leibovitch]

Rick Tomaschuk wrote:

>Much of the computer business is driven by business people who have no clue or care about the fitness of computer technology for their applications. Its pathetic.
>
It's also a sign of the still immature nature of IT. Users of technology 
are often exploited by "solution providers" who don't finish the job 
(either to lowball the cost, or because they don't really know how to do 
it all and just improvise).

That's not an indictment of the clients, who don't know any better until 
it's too late. It's an indictment of the IT "profession" that they are 
forced to trust, which exists without ethical standards. Computer 
technicians are less accountable for the quality and honesty of their 
work than taxi drivers, real estate agents or auto mechanics.

What's pathetic is that IT design, support and maintenance isn't really 
a profession, it isn't even up to the level of being a "trade". Of 
course, many IT vendors like things this way because accountability 
would expose them.

>Hacking a site is akin to break and enter in the physical world
>
Exactly. Simply because a store manager forgets to lock the door at 
night doesn't give you the right to enter and help yourself; it's still 
theft.

- Evan

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