Bob> Assuming that we
use digital signatures and encryption for anything more important than
idle cocktail party chatter, the organizational affiliation of an individual
lies at the core of who that person IS, in a very real sense. This may not
be politically correct or sufficiently utopian for some, but I think it is a
FACT.
I hope that you are wrong. It is a very depressing thought to me that a
person is defined solely by where he works. This is especially true in
a world where corporate loyality extends to the next quarterly statement
and employement is the most tranistory of FACTS.
Read the newspaper, EDI will be used for all health submittals under the
Billary Health Plan. How tightly do YOU want all this information on
your past tied together?
nb. I earlier found it appropriate to leave off my corporate affiliation and,
in the aftermath of certain well-known public announcements, find that even
my name ties me back to a corporate identity. That too has created
problems for me. I now wish that I make any statement at all that was
not seen as reflecting some corporate policy. A corporate affiliation can
be guilt by association in this small town atmoshpere.
Peace ...