My own Bias v. Client bias
I never forget and greatly respect the power that I have over my clients' systems, servers and workstations. Let's face it - we have enormous control over THEIR business venture and can easily wreck them with, to use an extreme example, bad typing on the keyboard. (Well, how many of us badly type an admin password without really checking where the fingers are going and the sheer hell that follows along!) My own Bias is in favor of THEIR state of mind, their networks, their environment. Has to be. I am therefore very conservative on any NEW ideas that are dramatic. Many consultants love Ubuntu and Linux. They are great, but would they work in my client site? Can I trust patient management programs to run correctly in medical offices on Linux? And the amount of conversion time alone would be considerable, so would the client PAY gladly for something that nets them ONLY something new and nothing else changes? Plus staff training. Oh, the mind boggles!!!
On MY network, I am all for open exploration. I would always prefer to destroy my server first than a client server.
But clients deserve great care.
