Re: Breaking Laws Cisco's stolen code

[dk <dk () pwarchitects com>]

Bart.Lansing () kohls com wrote:

> Charlie...
>
> Put down the crack pipe and back away slowly.  You are surely not 
> suggesting that this issue of Cisco's code has anything...at 
> all...remotely...in common with the people and actions you 
> listed...seriously...you're kidding...right??
>
> Bart Lansing
> Manager, Desktop Services
> Kohl's IT
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Wow.
Well Charlie's post was - at minimum - entertaining. Not to mention a 
bit thought provoking on where different peoples of similar ilk may take 
different turns on the morality (or duty) they apply to modern technical 
issues aside from what they are instructed to do by black-letter law. It 
also speaks to the wonder of issues we may have to face in the future 
with situations that indeed *will* have much in common with the souls 
mentioned. "We" always repeat the same old mistakes in each new venue we 
create. At some point laws & regulations should always be questioned, 
they don't just change themselves. These questions seem to come at the 
oddest times, over the oddest things sometimes...

Anyway: The body of his message was filled with interesting content. In 
the future, perhaps you might restrain from mocking messages that are at 
least shorter than your overly-broad, vague, fear-clad corporate 
boilerplate sig. Are you actually required by corp policy to include 
this most droll thing *every* time you send mail?

Gads, step away from the Memorial Day "Bonus Buys", get out of the 
cubicle and turn off the fluorescent lights. Go check out your 
reflection in a pond, go for a walk, stare at some fish Bart.

--
dk


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