Benjamin Scott opined:
>On 27 May 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
>> Indeed, but it is entirely possible that one company will subcontract
for
>> 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.
>
> My point was that many of *those* companies will look to outside companies
>for their own specialized needs, just like the GC hires other companies.
>
> Such support/administration companies are often more like a network of
>consultants than a single company, anyway. :-)
YES! Sorry for the shouting, but I come from the Government space. Many
IT contracts in gov't space that I have seen have what is called a Prime
Contractor. This is the company that contracts with the Government & does
all the paperwork. You'd be amazed at the number of these that do NOTHING
ELSE. ALL the work is subcontracted. Their expertise? Being the
prime/dealing with the government (and, in some cases, being the
minority/small business to get the contract).
BTW: You know Perot Systems, EDS, Andersen Consulting (Sorry -
Accenture), etc? Guess what? Most of them subcontract the majority of
the real work. None of them does their own apps or OS's. They may be
able to handle basic admin work, but when it comes to bug-fixes or HW
repair, they contract.
A point Kenny made earlier:
> If you need kernel-level
> support, it's easier and cheaper (and in my mind, better) to hire a
> programmer to do it.
I disagree with this. Think about it. What does a kernel hacker want to
do? Hack the kernel. How often do most companies need that? Maybe once
or twice a year. So, you either pay big bucks to have the talent once or
twice a year (and in the meantime try and find something for them to do),
or you go to a company that does kernel hacking for a specialty - they
"outsource" this work. Because they support many companies (each needing
kernel hacking once or twice a year), they can keep the hacker gainfully
employed. Result is the support cost PER COMPANY goes down.
Also, note the trend in "outsourcing" of IT services - again, why hire an
admin (knowing there's limits to the advancement you can offer him) when
you can go to a company that has many of them, and can give them the
training and advancement to support them?
I suspect we'll see what Ben indicated - GC's to do the high-end
outsourcing (being the POC), with many specialty companies supporting them.
jeff
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