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In article <1991Jul23.175402.25728@watson.ibm.com>, metzger@watson.ibm.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes:
|> Kind of silly, isn't it? Why are you bringing it up as a good thing,
|> when the licensing of DJ's is so obviously useless...
|> 
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|> Perry Metzger
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The licensing of DJ's is important.  Radio stations broadcast in very 
densly packed badwidth.  In this RF spectrum are Police, Fire, Airports,
Television, and even Cellular phones.   Multiple stations are on most 
frequencies (both television and radio). Broadcasting with too much power,
on the wrong frequency, or inappropriate material can cause lost ecconomic
revenue at best to lost lives at the other end of the spectrum.  

The realm of imbedded electronics is growing.  The domain of software is also
growing to fill this need, as well as the current needs.  Software has also
matured into a discipline.  Software design is not an art as it has been
suggested, rather the art of software is in the algorithm design, not in
the coding.  The new generation of software must be readable and maintainable.
There is no option in this.  The work that you do for company X has the 
possibility of out living your stay at that company.  Do I advocate a program
of licensing for home/ametur use. No, I do not. But, as software is a mature
discipline, I do advocate it for the _professional_ writing code that is
either for sale directly, or for code that is used in a commercial or industrial
environment.

I do not know wat the future holds as far as software or hardware; no one does.
But there is a general concensus, at least in my realm of understanding, that
the next generation of computers is going to make today's 'hot' machines
look like hard wired mainframes.  The same holds for software.  True 
professionals would not have a problem with some sort of licensing, especially
if there were continuing education involved.  This may not be the best way,
but it is a way to stay current, and be able to say 'hey, I really know what is
going on'.

andy
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