Re: [Fed-Talk] When did Fed-Talk turn into iPhone/iOS Chat Box
Re: [Fed-Talk] When did Fed-Talk turn into iPhone/iOS Chat Box
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] When did Fed-Talk turn into iPhone/iOS Chat Box
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:28:10 -0400
For what it is worth, I'm 100% in agreement with Matthew.
I'm on multiple mailing lists, forums, etc. This is where I go to
look for things that apply to the Federal workspace, but at leas 1/2
the traffic in recent months seems to be little different from the
traffic on any number of Apple user forums.
Sure, we all need to see/discuss things, but if we're talking about
our personal equipment, etc., then let's talk about it somewhere else.
The signal/noise ration in the FedTalk forum has gotten worse
recently - there are TONS of great resources for general OS X and/or
iOS discussion, but this is one of, if not the ONLY one that should be
dealing specifically with Federal .gov implications - FISMA,
encryption, policies, CIS Benchmarks, etc etc. Wading through
discussions of personal experiences on non-govermnent owned equipment
makes it harder to find the relevant topics.
Just my 1/50th of $1...
And yes, I CAN hit delete... but should I have to? Those topics are
outside of the charter of this list.
Taylor
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Exactly, Mr Sullivan. And that is exactly why we need to be discussing these
> things on the list NOW, before a General Officer sees the shiny new iThingy
> and says he wants one for official business. These devices and the software
> they use are "disruptive innovation." It's not enough to wait until they
> hit the supply chain. We must know BEFORE then. And the only way to tell for
> ourselves whether the various reports are true or not are to use them
> ourselves before the General gets one. And the only way we can do that is to
> use our own personal experiences since the DoD is on the verge of Bring Your
> Own Device. (Which is best? Why or why not? Which provider has provisos we
> can't use in DoD? Which is a better vendor? What are the limitations of the
> software, device, network?)
>
> The discussions are important not for the moment for official use but in the
> very near future as we advise the command and protect Soldiers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fed-talk-bounces+paul.villano=email@hidden
> [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+paul.villano=email@hidden] On Behalf
> Of Sullivan, Matthew R CIV (US)
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:40 AM
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: [Fed-Talk] When did Fed-Talk turn into iPhone/iOS Chat Box
>
> Isn't Fed-Talk for actual important information like how to make things work
> and support each other with Mac, iOS issues where actual FED work is
> involved. There are hundreds of other more appropriate venues to banter
> about how awesome or useless the new iPhone is or how awesome or useless the
> new iOS Maps are.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthew Sullivan
>
> _______________________________________________
> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
> Fed-talk mailing list (email@hidden)
> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
>
> This email sent to email@hidden
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Fed-talk mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden