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Your confidence in your abilities provide only an illusion of certainty. Maybe if you had enough time you could fix any problems that occur with open source so
by amock 16y ago
Your confidence in your abilities provide only an illusion of certainty. Maybe if you had enough time you could fix any problems that occur with open source software, but when you have a deadline it's nice to have experts to help you. You can find open source experts, but with a commercially supported product there is a much clearer chain of responsibility.
- staunch 16y agoExperts? You mean the $10/hr guys 5k miles away that support Microsoft, Oracle, or NetApp products? Responsibility is meaningless. Competence is what matters.
- arethuza 16y agoWhile I support your argument, you have to be careful it doesn't turn into arrogance. I remember one time being promised by the tech lead on a project that an inexpensive networking solution would be just as good as the expensive kit we had used for development. Turns out he couldn't make it work - the cheap kit just wasn't as good as the expensive stuff we had developed against. However, I was the one standing in the customer's office being shouted at by three of their unhappy managers as their time critical project was delayed until we got the proper kit ordered and the tech lead sulked back at our office. Sometimes expensive kit is worth it.