Re: "Gamble my career"?

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Dave:

On Fri, 09 November 2001, David.X.Kahn@gsk.com wrote:

> Perhaps there's a difficulty with the word "issue" here. If it's a question
> of whether or not the company should knowingly take a course of action that
> is either unethical, immoral or illegal then there really is no issue. It
> should not do it, and either as an employee or a consultant I for one would
> not be a party to such an action. To my mind the issue is whether the
> action being considered is any or all of those things.

I could have listed unethical examples and I believe you realize that, so I'll 
leave that part behind. However, there are indeed possible issues especially 
for managers in public corporations or government agencies.

IANAL but...

I believe management is legally accountable to stockholders (or citizens as 
appropriate). It is perfectly conceivable that a business could rely on an 
iSeries server with minimal interactive CPW. If the day-to-day operations were 
interrupted due to the application of an _expected_ PTF to a system running 
Fast400, then business losses could result and those in charge may indeed have 
to face some kind of misfeasance (possibly malfeasance) charges. The defense of 
"Hey, we took a chance!" would not likely hold up.

Sure, the risk is easily assessible and probably not relevant to many iSeries 
installations, but it does need to be considered. OTOH, I'd run Fast400 on my 
own machines with no second thought if I needed it; but I don't, so I'm only in 
this for the hypothetical exercise. <g>

Tom Liotta

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
http://www.400Security.com


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