On 27 May 2001 12:30:00 -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
> > If you need someone to support, hire a few sysadmins that can do more than
> > "just Linux", since most environments have several different platforms.
>
> What about the majority of companies, which are too small to hire even one
> full-time IT system administrator?
Are these companies that are too small to hire a sysadmin any more
likely to shell out $50K-$60K for a support contract? Many of these
companies either hire a part-time sysadmin, or they take the most
computer-literate person on their staff and call them the sysadmin.
>
> > If someone wants to outsource their support, I believe that they would
> > want to contract a single company that will cover everything rather than 5
> > companies that only cover one thing each.
>
> Indeed, but it is entirely possible that one company will subcontract for
> the specializations they need. Consider: You are building an office building.
> So your hire a company to manage that for you. They hire a planning firm, an
> architect, and a general contractor. The GC hires an electrician to do the
> inside wiring. The electrician out-sources his data comm wiring to another
> company. And *they* hire still *another* company *just* to terminate the
> fiber optic cables they run. This scenario is real. Why should business
> change just because the business deals with IT?
Ah, you have illustrated my point nicely. Thank you ;-). Why hire
Linux-specific company when you can hire a "GC" like Taos, Modis,
Collective Technologies, etc. If a company doesn't want to hire the
people to do the job, then it would seem to me that it makes better
business sense to have one support contract than five.
C-Ya,
Kenny
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