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

Mon Mar 15 15:22:32 UTC 2004

Pete Templin wrote:

> 
> 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?"

It turns out that they can hire people with all kinds of certifications
that say thye can do all of that for a lot less than what they are
paying a "specialist".

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