By Nick Heath
Published: Wednesday 14 May 2008
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Jesus R
Location
Buffalo
Occupation
Computer Analyst
Comment
It is time for everyone other than IT to realize that IT is a critical infrastructure component to our society. Without computers and software, we can not do many of the things we depend on in our daily lives. Companies and governments can not function without millions of lines of computer code to automate many business processes. The larger the company or govt, the more this is true. The lack of a strong base of software experts during world power shifts could significantly reduce the ability of the UK to survive. It is in every country's national interest to maintain armies of IT savy professionals.
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