freelancers ?

[Andrew Hammond]

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What kind of money?

If the company has enough technical savy to appreciate the real value of
free software, then chances are they have enough savy and contacts to
recruit directly from the community. Which leaves the small companies
that go with free software do it because they're looking to save money
on the initial purchase price. Anyone who knows anything about IT will
tell you that the initial purchase price is almost never a significant
portion of TCO for a system which actually works. The vast majority of
cost comes from the geek who makes it work. And if they're trying to
save a couple of thousand on licenses then chances are they're not going
to be willing to pay the kind of money required to really make it work.

In terms of career moves, it's not especially clever to connect yourself
to projects that are doomed from the start.

Drew


Joseph Kubik wrote:
> What sort of deadlines?
> 
> On Apr 12, 2005 11:50 AM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 10:26:58AM -0400, David J Patrick wrote:
>>
>>>Are there any capable sysadmins on the list who are available, on
>>>short notice, to dive into challenging situations for cash ? You know,
>>>freelancers !  If there are, I have a client in need of such services,
>>>with emphasis on apache and mail setup, ASAP.
>>
>>That's sort of vague.  More details?
>>    - what mail software do they want?  Sendmail, Postbreak?
>>    - what kind of Apache setup?
>>
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