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British Computer Society Is Officially At Civil War

Posted by kdawson on from the band-of-brothers-with-maces dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A vote of no confidence against the current board of directors has erupted in what is possibly the first nerd war, raging throughout the British Computer Society. More financial- and spreadsheet-related fixations and less computer science have made a few members cross; plus they don't like the new name 'The Chartered Institute of IT.' Here are more specific details on the extraordinary emergency general meeting on July 1, where members will vote to decide the fate of the board of directors."

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  1. Civil war? by gzipped_tar · · Score: 5, Funny

    At first I thought it was about British Computer Society declaring war against the UK government.

    Meh. nothingtoseeheremovealong

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    1. Re:Civil war? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      This is not just a couple of nerds throwing a fit. It is an important professional organization and whose interest it should server. More information: here. The question is whether or not the organization should represent practicing IT professionals or management.

    2. Re:Civil war? by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That must be the reason every mainland country in Europe associates "Brittish soccer fans" with the worst kind of hooligans?

      Sure, and the French go around with stripey T-shirts and wearing necklaces made of onion, while the Germans live on a diet of beer and 15 different kinds of sausage.

      Or maybe decades-old stereotypes that apply to a tiny fraction of the population aren't very helpful.

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  2. Brilliant! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I had to meet with a bunch of BCS reps when my course was re-accredited, and the experience matches up with what the summary says. They were obsessing over whether the mathematics of CS were too difficult and all kinds of bogus concerns

    I think their problem is that higher level courses are (inherently) not an "everyone's invited" thing. Because not everyone will succeed. And that's how it should be. They're difficult if they're done right, because they include a lot hard-line theory behind the soft 'Let's do Java' exterior. The BCS just can't seem to accept this though. They want to pervert the courses to make them easier, basically

    More people on courses = more power to them? Or maybe they get extra money for getting a certain % of the population onto courses? I have no idea of their motives but whatever they are, they're going about them the wrong way