Welcome to the world of management consulting. :) Consulting is used by the person hiring the consultant to overcome internal objections as an opinion of the outsider is obviously more valuable.
The obvious corollary is that the more powerful your rivals are, the more expensive consulant you need. :) Cheers, Dave. On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 05:14, Christopher Vance wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:42:29PM +1000, Damon Thompson wrote: > >is truly unbiased. The reason I am writing to you at SLUG is because I > >am confident > >that an unbiased consultant will recommend Linux, which is the way I > >want to go. > >Can someone at the SLUG please give me some advice or point me in the > >direction of > >a consultant who isn't in bed with Microsoft? > >Thanks in advance, > >Damon Thompson. > > If you're assuming Linux is the answer, you're already biased yourself. > > If you're only asking people from a Linux user group, you've decided > to ask only those who are potentially biased the same way. > > There are other non-proprietary options available, some of which are > better than Linux in some areas. > > And for some things, you may even find the lock-in of Microsoft or > other proprietary provider is worth it, depending on how and what you > consider. > > The unbiased will know these things... > > -- > Christopher Vance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
