On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 06:42, AragonX wrote: > I whole heartedly agree. I'm constantly in search of new clients because > once the server is installed, there isn't anything else for me to bill > for. The last time I had any server downtime at any of my clients was 3 > years ago. And that was a new server install that had faulty RAM... > > <quote who="Cliff Wells"> > > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:28, Rick Warner wrote: > > > >> After the move we had over a year without any downtime before I was laid > >> off. > > > > And this would be the fundamental flaw with Linux servers ;)
For me, in a town as small as this - talk goes far. Reputation sells more than biz cards or advertisements do. I've not really had to do much advertising at all since I moved to this country - mostly because the first few jobs I did no one else around town could do - so that started the ball rolling. Clients/customers that meet me on the street generally don't have much computer stuff to talk about - and never a whinge or a whine; that helps. As with another server I stuck in place last year, I didn't get much out of doing maint. on the box, but the business owners ranted and raved over their server to their mates - more biz came. I've been asked by some local companies that do computer tech support about either unix or linux stuff - because they don't have the skillset to deal with it - so it gets thrown at me. Two local ISP's have linux boxes that they really don't understand - so when upgrade time came, I was there to furnish hardware and skills. I sell alot of computers - workstations - based solely on prior customers spreading the word. In many ways, having something so dependable does put a dent in "repeat" work - in a Microsoft kinda way - but I don't mind having good karma and a good reputation and new business. It allows me the freedom of social movement around town as well - no one's got a "bad word" on me or bad feelings on me - so wherever I go, I get good feelings and great welcomes. I have to thank RedHat, Mandrake, Linus T. and the whole of GNU/Linux for that... -- Thu Aug 21 08:20:01 EST 2003 08:20:01 up 3 days, 10:46, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.21, 0.13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ | illawarra computer services | | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The probability of a drink getting spilled into a console is directly propotional to the cost of the console -- Murphy's Laws of Broadcast Engineering n8 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
