[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[bill]

On 9/11/2023 1:36 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-09-11, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/11/2023 9:09 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2023-09-11, bill <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 9/11/2023 8:42 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you can turn on those features, it means you can run PHP with
>>>>> them turned off. It's no different from writing SQL code without
>>>>> doing any sanitisation of input.
>>>>
>>>> Unless your boss says "I want them on."
>>>>
>>>
>>> Then you put it in writing why it is such a bad idea and get confirmation
>>> to proceed also in writing. You also CC your coworkers and others so
>>> that when it goes wrong, you can prove you are not to blame.
>>>
>>
>> Simon,
>>      You need to come live in the real world.  The boss doesn't need
>> to do anything you want him to do.  And bad mouthing him to your
>> coworkers is very likely to just get you fired.
>>
> 
> I do live in the real world Bill. I live in Europe (well, OK, the UK,
> but it's a part of Europe).
> 
> Around here things are a bit more civilised than you are clearly used to.
> 
> And who said anything about "bad mouthing" ? That's _NOT_ how this is done.
> 
> What you do is to _politely_ and _factually_ write an email confirming
> what you have told to do, and to explain why, by the industry standards,
> this is considered to be a bad thing and what the risks are.
> 
> You then ask your boss outright if they want to proceed anyway. This simple
> act may make them reconsider what they asked you to do.
> 
> Depending on how serious the thing is you are being asked to do, you may
> also BCC the HR people. They don't care about you (that's not their job),
> but they do care about the company they work for.
> 
> By using a BCC, it gives them the option to quietly see if there is a
> problem, and to have a quiet word with your boss, while also giving you
> written confirmation you tried to warn people.
> 
> If the company OTOH fires you for this then, _if_ you were polite and
> factual, that company is now in _serious_ trouble, at least in Europe.
> 

That was one of the funniest articles I have read in a long time.

bill