> You must be aware that a number of "commercial" companies on this > list try to behave differently than what you describe and sell serious > technical support with no lock-in strategies, just billable by the hour > of actual development work or billable on fixed fee development and > support contracts. I think I said exaclty this :) Maybe there's some static on the communication channel ;-P In any case, I think you of all ppl should know this by now >:) My opinion on this is very clear: if you have problems finding the expertise, hire companies that sell their know-how (be it support or porting). If you're paying experts that offer (little) [1] more than a graphical interface for a high price, you should think about what you're doing... Note, this is _my_ opinion, based on _my_ experience; not that one of my company (exit normal signature). [1] in more than 90% of the cases. -- greetz, marc I am no one's female! Aeryn - Til the Blood Runs Clear scorpius 2.6.10 #1 Mon Dec 27 13:05:02 CET 2004 GNU/Linux
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