Re: [PLUG] The Redhat Free Update Ride is ending

[Chris Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

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On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 11:27 AM, Paul wrote:

> On the positive side they did pay you, didn't they?

It's not wise to assume such things when talking about consulting.  But 
your assumption turned out to be right in this case (happily).

> Would it have been better for you if the company paid RedHat instead 
> of your self?

It would be better if they had done both.  These things are not 
mutually exclusive.

> If the cost is deferred and not much higher, isn't it better to employ 
> people than to use technology to displace human expertise?

I was only there to put the thing in place.  Then they staffed up the 
maintenance team and IMO they could have done with one, maybe two 
people less than what they hired had they either paid more up front to 
take the time to put good free tools in place, or purchase proprietary 
tools (RHN being just one example)

Chris Hedemark
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