RE: Billable hours versus fixed bidding and flat rates for IBM idevelopers

I resent this person for even asking this question and assuming that
there are others like him/her. I resent more that this person's id in
his email has JDE in it, as I am a JDE programmer and do not want them
associated with JDE software at all. It is individuals like this that
have given consultants a bad name or bad rep over time. If you have an
opinion or question for this forum - I agree with everyone and saying
that you need should be bold enough to sign your name. Honesty has
always been the best policy when it comes to consultanting, follow that
philosophy and you will gain respect and have repeat work and referrals.
Just my opinion and my philosophy.
Jim Rubino



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Lampert
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:39 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Billable hours versus fixed bidding and flat rates for IBM
idevelopers

Dear Mister Anonymous (et al.):

As I write this, I am in here on a weekend, ON MY OWN TIME, (and by no
means the first time, either, and I've stuck around many evenings on my
own time), to squeeze in a bit of work on a customer project. Not only
do I generally (unless a customer is being a serious pain in the butt)
SHAVE, rather than PAD my billable hours; I work more than a few hours
for which NOBODY is making any money directly, JUST SO THAT THE WORK
GETS DONE WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER GOING APOPLECTIC WITH STICKER-SHOCK.

Personally, I agree with Mr. Loeber's response. Your posting is an
offensive insinuation against the moral character of List members, and
its anonymity is suspicious. I say, either sign your broadcasts, or get
the hell off the list!

And regarding Unicomp keyboards, they're old news. By all accounts,
they're not *quite* as good as the original IBM keyboards were new, but
they're the closest thing you're likely to get for any price, in these
days of throwaway hardware getting used for a year, then thrown in the
nearest landfill to make room for the latest-greatest. And probably also

the only ones, other than the very cheapest, that are available without
those three extra WinDoze-specific keys that just get in the way.