On 9 Sep 2013 07:41:42 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >I once enquired into the question > >Do licensed locksmiths burgle? > >The answer, as a practical matter, turns out to be no. Selection >presumably plays a part. Convicted burglars may well find it hard to >obtain a locksmith's license. There is something else at work too. >As George Orwell mentioned in his novel Burmese Days, colonial >administrators were not expected to be fearful; and so in general they >were not. > >Sysprogs, even disgruntled ones, have not usually been problematic in >mainframe shops; and it is well that this is the case. Anyone who >makes much use of locks needs locksmiths too.
This brings up the very interesting question of whether a senior mainframe systems programmer would be able to take as much information from his/her installation as Edward Snowden seemingly has from the NSA. If so, is it in the nature of the job or was someone lax within the NSA organization? Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
