RE: Understand...
Tbmay, these are great and thoughtful comments. Thanks for sharing.
I agree, if a client doesn't see the value of following best business practices, paying for required upgrades, etc., long term the relationship may well turn sour. Instead of part time employee I believe the client really needs to view the IT consultant as a partner, not just someone to complain to when their nine-year old Windows 2000 server with a failing RAID array fails to provide reliable service.