09-13-2007, 06:40 PM
[quote mattkime]>>But to my clients it is cobbled together crap.
I guess your clients are more impressed with logos and branding than results.
I'm not sure why you'd want a client changing their network config anyway.
No sorry, my clients are actually interested in results.
But the reality of life is that I am not available 24/7 to take care of minor power/network outages that happen in the real world.
In fact the medical center where I do support had their power out for three days.
I could not hang out for three days and wait for the power to come back on and reset the network.
My client is pretty savvy about this stuff and when the power came on he was able to get the network up and running.
I came in later and fine tuned the network for him.
They were happy, I was happy.
Has absolutely nothing to do with branding, nor logos.
It has to do with price/performance, why pay me $250 an hour to cobble together something that when it breaks it can't be replaced in a few minutes?
I have heard that you can make ethernet cables with zip ties and pixie sticks!
You can save maybe ten bucks and waste 80 hours by doing that!
When you run a shop where you have to support over 5,000 clients worldwide you appreciate off the shelf hardware and standards.
BGnR
Next time you go get your car fixed ask your mechanic to not use the brake pads that are actually made for your car.
They can probably put something together for you.
I guess your clients are more impressed with logos and branding than results.
I'm not sure why you'd want a client changing their network config anyway.
No sorry, my clients are actually interested in results.
But the reality of life is that I am not available 24/7 to take care of minor power/network outages that happen in the real world.
In fact the medical center where I do support had their power out for three days.
I could not hang out for three days and wait for the power to come back on and reset the network.
My client is pretty savvy about this stuff and when the power came on he was able to get the network up and running.
I came in later and fine tuned the network for him.
They were happy, I was happy.
Has absolutely nothing to do with branding, nor logos.
It has to do with price/performance, why pay me $250 an hour to cobble together something that when it breaks it can't be replaced in a few minutes?
I have heard that you can make ethernet cables with zip ties and pixie sticks!
You can save maybe ten bucks and waste 80 hours by doing that!
When you run a shop where you have to support over 5,000 clients worldwide you appreciate off the shelf hardware and standards.
BGnR
Next time you go get your car fixed ask your mechanic to not use the brake pads that are actually made for your car.
They can probably put something together for you.