Re: PDM/SEU

Douglas,

In a message dated 5/31/00 6:50:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dhandy@isgroup.net writes:

<<snip>>
> Why is it that the perception is that the client must provide the
>  consultant with tools?
>  
>  If you hire a building trade contractor, don't they bring their own
>  tools?  If you hire a heavy equipment operator, don't they bring their
>  own tools?  Who other kind of contractor *doesn't* provide their own
>  tools?
<<snip>>

A good point, and I bring my own laptop with both Ethernet and token ring 
cards -- BUT, nobody wants to _HIRE_ a contractor with even _THAT_ much gear. 
 Try hiring someone with _EVERYTHING_, like you suggest, and see how well you 
can afford them.  Every shop is different, thus the tools are different.  
You're talking thousands of possible client side solutions here!  If 
companies won't pay for someone with a laptop and two LAN adapters, how are 
they going to hire someone with every possible combination of software at 
$1,000 a pop?

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The average tourist wants to go places where there are no tourists." -- Sam 
Eking
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