[24930] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Engineer" (Was: Tech contact for Qwest?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Mon Aug 23 13:19:01 1999
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:01:12 -0700
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@kotovnik.com>
To: jdfalk@cybernothing.org
Cc: david@brouda.com, nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
J.D. Falk <jdfalk@cybernothing.org> wrote:
> Yeah, but at least they have a code of ethics. Where'd ours
> go?
Having to have a written code of ethics is usually a very sure sign
that there are problems in this respect. Every time i hear about
anything like that i'm reminded of the Moral Code of Bulider of Communism
(yes, there was a poster with that text in virtually every classroom
in the ussr). That one was a lot more comprehensive, too.
Well, the early Internet types have unwritten ethics - and it is a hell
lot different from the corporate ethics of the Professional Engineers (tm).
Clashes between these two often provide spectacular fireworks :)
--vadim
