En Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 05:45:50PM +0800, Gino LV.Ledesma escribio:
#_ One thing I hope we aren't forgetting: training and support.
#_
#_ Setting up the initial systems are far easier to do compared to
#_ maintaining the system afterwards. While we can make the PLUG mailing
#_ list a primary to helping out, it would be great if there were training
#_ sessions after the initial "setup" to help users/administrators
#_ maintain/manage their system.
#_
#_ This is relatively cheap in both the short and long runs, but perhaps
#_ there should also be some compensation (be it monetary or not) to those
#_ giving the training (after all, the only resource that isn't really free
#_ is time). Otherwise, I think that's what Linux support companies are
#_ for. :)
Make no mistake, providing training to institutional clients is big
business. I used to be one of the minority partners in a computer training
center before and a lot of the revenues came from institutional sales as
opposed to walk-ins. We used to scpecialize in "crash computer courses"
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