Date: 6 Aug 2003 21:26:46 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: OT: Cell phones and driving
Someone who looks an awful lot like Malcolm Mason <MWM1nopsamjhu.edu> wrote: > On 6 Aug 2003 17:57:00 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >>When I'm on call (I'm in the IT field), I have to respond to an incident >>within 5 minutes, to acknowledge the incident and report that I'm working >>on it. > Dave > Five minutes? I thought that Simon Legree was fictional. I don't get the reference, but our losses are measured in dollars per *second* when our e-commerce site is down. The 5-minute response time is "I hear you and you don't need to page the next person on call". > My wife started with IBM upon graduation and has been in the field for > ever!!! She has worked throught the world starting with Poughkeepsie > and Endicott. Five minutes ???????????? Yes. It is in my best interests that my employer does not lose money due to me being unreachable, for several reasons. Just "turn it off while driving" wouldn't work, for them or for me. Dave Hinz