=> That's because plumbing changes very little, so a standard => set of skills and exams can be developed and honed over => time. With computing everything changes too quickly for => these things to take shape. By the time you have become an => NT guru it is out of date. Your MCSD etc. does not have an => unlimited life span. Changing hardware also does not help. => > Hell, even I qualify as a computer professional .... ME !!!!!!!! => Let's not go overboard ;-) => => Just my .02 => => Peter =>
All professions change on a recurring basis ... medicine, law, plumbing (new materials & practices), and computers as well. This was recognized about 15 years ago when Continuing Education requirements were enacted (at least in New York state). True, many of the CE programs are jokes, but that is a different issue. The basics of computers and computing have not changed in over a hundred years, only the methods of implementing them and arranging them. So why shouldn't there be a requirement for such knowledge? And how many WinME users are still out there? Don't they have a right to expect the same level of expertise as anyone else? (WindowsME?? Nah.) Are you going to say that medicine has not changed because people still breathe the same way they did 5,000 years ago? Not a reasonable comparison, Mr. C. ... and this from a man who shares the name of a great coronary surgeon <g>. B+ HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
