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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5113 comp.os.linux.misc:34173 comp.os.os2.advocacy:76426 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!kerberos.demon.co.uk!alovell From: alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk (Anthony Lovell) Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! References: <950116203411@lambada> <1995Jan18.214037.6088@cs.cornell.edu> <3fk4hi$iu8@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <1995Jan19.015527.16465@cs.cornell.edu> <1995Jan21.045834.11541@ka4ybr.com> Organization: The Home For Three Headed Canines Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 18:07:49 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <D2x913.3x@kerberos.demon.co.uk> Lines: 24 Mark A. Horton KA4YBR (mah@ka4ybr.com) wrote: : I think the entire "vendor support" argument is, in reality, another way : of saying "Whew! There's a problem! I can blame it on the vendor and : so I won't have to justify why I'm incapable of solving this problem!" : Same argument that keeps consultants employed at very high rates! It : gives everyone an external "boogeyman" to blame for failure... no one is : really hurt if the consultant is fired - consultant still gets his bucks, : client personnel say "I told you so!", management's off the hook with : upper managment, and who gives a damn if the user's problem is solved : anyway? Right? Wake up Mr. Mead. Assume some responsibility. Earn : your paycheck. Or better yet, "Catch a clue." :) I think you've hit the nail on the head with this one -- anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ alovell@kerberos.demon.co.uk | If at first you don't succeed PGP Key available from a server | alovell@cix.compulink.co.uk | Get a Bigger Hammer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------