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Subject:Re: State Laws? From:Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 3 Jun 1997 20:33:36 -0700
> In a previous life I worked for IBM as a *customer engineer* and
> later, doing the same job, as a *field engineer*. There was no
> state certification involved. And I think that IBM would have been
> careful to avoid violating any state laws.
Not necessarily. Big corporations such as IBM, Microsoft,
and Novell are famous for flaunting the law. Fortunately
the NSPE is going after them now. Novell is in big trouble
with their networking engineer certification. About time!
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Pat Gantt ~ pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
The University of Tennessee ~ M.S. HRD
Electronic Performance Support Systems http://members.tripod.com/~votechstudy/index.html
Doing it the hard way is always easier :^)
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