>This morning we got the news that our department's name will change from MIS to IT, the reason being that MIS is outdated. I don't have any statistics, but it seems IT is more common.
>Can anyone comment on the proposed change - i.e. good/bad idea, (in)significant, other thoughts?
The frequent name changes are confusing. When I first read about "MIS", "IT" and "IS", I thought there was a whole new science involved. Actually, it could all just as well be called the "computing department".
This reminds me of the frequent new terms that arise for specific body parts, among other things. Every so often, somebody comes up with a new description, pressumably because he finds the official names embarassing - and the newly invented names also become embarassing after a while!
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
