On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:54:50 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Russell Fulton writes: > > On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 09:37, Nick Buraglio wrote: > >> They also said that "in large enterprise there > >> is a need to have a responsible party" for software and hardware. > > > > My stock answer to this argument is "And when did you last get any > > satisfactory redress from a software company whose products were > > defective or simply did not work?" followed by "How often have you had > > problems?". > > You know what the problem is, the executive staff want some one, anyone, > to hang the blame on, they aren't expecting anything ACTUALLY be done > about problems, they just want a target for the lawsuits, should the > need arise.
I'm sort of in the same boat. I have a strong case for replacing multiple PIX failover pairs with OpenBSD on Dell, but I'm holding back from making that recommendation solely because of the rational fear that, lacking "someone to hang the blame on", when problems do come up, the only available target is... *me* KKadow
