> When I was trying to convince an boss at an earlier job that we should use > Delphi for a programming project instead of VS, he played the 'support' > card. To counter that, I did some searching, made some phone calls, and had > a list of local companies that could offer Delphi support if needed. If one > is too busy to take my money, I'd go to the next, and so on until I had > someone on hand... > See, I think people are too scared and/or lazy to do it this way, thus they > prefer the 'comfort' level an expensive support contract offers.
I think that is pretty good advice and I will remember this example in case I get into the same situation or find myself wondering if I should pay extra for an expensive support contract. Thanks, Aaron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263445 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4