[wplug] Re: NFS Availability Issues -- why I should just help off-list (2)

[Bryan J. Smith]

"Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't mean to be arrogant, but I have pulled a _lot_ of Internet
> and web consultants out of the hole they've dug themselves with a
> client.  I've literally had some clients turn to me and say, "well
> X has been building high availability and clustered web solutions
> for Y years" and my response is always, "then why am I here?"

Just to preface that ...

That's typically the response I get from a client, who has been sold
a solution by another consulting firm -- the one I've been hired to
"help them fix the 'solution,'" when I say, "It won't work.  It will
never work.  That solution does not do that.  These are the things it
will and won't do."  Etc...


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Bryan J. Smith   Professional, Technical Annoyance
b.j.smith at ieee.org    http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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