Platinum accounts for the Internet (was Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?)

Mon Mar 15 15:16:42 UTC 2004

Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:

> Pete Templin wrote:
>> There's a reason I've gotten out of small ISP consulting - I don't do 
>> Windows, and I'm getting overrun by Linux corrosion slowly.  I route, 
>> I switch, I help with securing networks.  And I do wear a lot of hats 
>> at my day job, but I remind them that they hired a specialist, and 
>> promised lots of server support all along the way.  Granted, the 
>> Windows guy is overloaded and the UNIX/Linux guy would snore in front 
>> of his PHB...
> 
> If you are in Nebraska I can help you with the Unemploy^WWorkforce
> Development paperwork.

I didn't suggest saying "I'm not gonna do it".  I just suggested "You 
hired me to deploy dynamic routing on your statically-routed network. 
What prompted you to think that I could configure site-wide anti-virus 
services such that no one ever reports a virus leak from our enterprise, 
without training, time to test and develop such a critical solution, or 
both?"

pt