[ale] OT: more info on where all the jobs are (going...)

[ChangingLINKS.com]

This is correct. While I have never paid for an OS, I have spent thousands on 
custom software that does what I need it to do. 'Course that brings us back 
to the origin of the post - I went offshore for the programmer.

Drew


On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:50, Irv Mullins wrote:
> On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:13 am, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 02:35, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > > oh oh. I just realized that my last post was insensitive to the members
> > > of this list who have spent years gaining knowledge in IT. It was like
> > > I was say, "Forget what you have been doing and get another job."
> > >
> > > Perhaps the displaced IT professionals can be more entreprenuerial and
> > > create software that sells? Is there no other way to make money than to
> > > rely on someone else to provide jobs?
> >
> > Why would anyone buy software when they can get it free?
>
> The point is that many business cannot get software that does what they
> want it to do, free or otherwise.  This is especially true it they want to
> use Linux, which has a very limited range of available off-the-shelf
> packages.
>
> People's time costs money. Lost / screwed-up orders cost money. Changing a
> tried and true method of doing business can cost money.
>
> A business may 'adapt' to software that's already available, and accept the
> above risks, or they can pay someone to create software that does what they
> want it to do, in the way that they want it to.
>
> If you know what you're doing, you're not selling software, you're selling
> 'improved efficiency', "lower costs',  and 'better customer relations'. No
> one expects to get those things for free.
>
> Regards,
> Irv
>
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