On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On Jan 3, 2008 1:58 PM, John Poelstra <poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
SOX and Bugzilla??? There are accounting and legal processes in bugzilla?
Please send a link to the SOX reg where this is outlined.
Maybe I should go back to being a CPA :)
I do not know if there are not in Bugzilla.. sorry about not saying
'maybe'. I do remember that when SOX was getting rolled out, there had
to be a lot of changes into the entire Red Hat build system to meet
various tracking changes through the life of it etc.
for those coming in late, a 'quick' overview of wtf SOX is:
http://www.mcgladrey.com/Resource_Center/Audit/Articles/ImplementingSOX_AnIntroduction.html
from tfa:
a process ... under the supervision of the principal executive
..., and effected by ... management, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting ...
for John Poelstra:
As you know SOX is notoriously vague as to explicit
requirements, and a cottage sub-industry in the accounting
profession has grown up, 'selling indulgences' for SOX.
connecting the dots:
The recently retired CEO of RHT commented publicly from time
to time on RHEL ship dates; the reason his comment was sought
was in part so that Wall St types could handicap the financial
prospects of the company; RHEL ship processes are partially
affected by what is in trackers, of which one is the external
bugzilla; that falls to the bottom line, and ends up in
'financial reporting' and the quarterly call which is
preceded by the filings needing the SOX level assurances.
-- Russ herrold
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