if they hired a contractor or two and started from scratch they wouldn't have to worry about employee benefits and such and they would end up with a product that they own. not to mention if this is something that they could sell, they would end up needing employees anyway... think about how most businesses get started, they see a need for a service or product that they don't already have
why would you say that... because if they could design it for $500 more, they should, then they should start selling the software themselves instead of using a open source solution. there must be some advantage to wanting to pay someone else
on what this piece of software is, and how valuable it is to them. if it would cost them $20k to design it themselves and would be worth it for them to spend $5k for you to do it, then quote them that. but you need to sit down with them and come up with a approx time which it will be completed, how many hours you'd be putting in, etc. also, is there other software out there that does this, compare what you would charge to what it would cost to buy commercial software. will you be providing support, or development only. there's more than just what should i charge, you need to do a little investigation into what the company wants and what's out there, and how long it would take you to do this
network connections, bandwidth, support, disk space, reliability of systems, as well as a ton of other things that you would not want to do.
but if you want, you can buy your own server and colocate it in a data center starting at a few hundred a month, then you'll have disk space you want, but then you have all the headaches of supporting that hardware and server software
if The Matrix was like The Sim. You have some person making this world where he plays Neo, Trinity, et al. And then they try to escape the Sim's. So the gamer moves them over to a new expansion pack "Zion".
that it's you ISP and not your company trying to keep it's employees from doing things they're not supposed to?
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the solution is to make every webmaster change their website content. I think the solution is to make software (IE, Mozilla, Opera) accessible or for them to create (or pay someone to) their own web browser that fits their needs.
Besides, if I try to make my website accessible and I made a coding mistake, does that mean that you are going to sue me for discrimination. I don't think so, I'm coding the same way since I started writing html in 1995, why should I change.
you should contact a lawyer and have him send them a letter threatening legal action if they don't stop. For them to send a letter may cost you a couple hundred $$, but may be an easy way. If they continue, and you need to take them to court, you will definitely win and they will end up footing the bill for your legal costs.
Unless, you still owe them money and that's why they are doing this....
Of course, you can just keep calling and emailing them daily.... then hourly... then every 5 or 10 minutes.... eventually they will get the point that you won't leave them alone till the resolve your problem.
I see two thing that could make it easier. One, you learn spanish. Two, they learn english.
BTW, how do you plan on installing linux when you don't understand it, and you can't understand the monks???
I have also been looking for something for my company. They have about 100 engineers, and we would like to find a way to document problems for future reference. If possible searchable, but also the topics should be in a tree design.
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if they hired a contractor or two and started from scratch they wouldn't have to worry about employee benefits and such and they would end up with a product that they own. not to mention if this is something that they could sell, they would end up needing employees anyway... think about how most businesses get started, they see a need for a service or product that they don't already have
why would you say that... because if they could design it for $500 more, they should, then they should start selling the software themselves instead of using a open source solution. there must be some advantage to wanting to pay someone else
on what this piece of software is, and how valuable it is to them. if it would cost them $20k to design it themselves and would be worth it for them to spend $5k for you to do it, then quote them that. but you need to sit down with them and come up with a approx time which it will be completed, how many hours you'd be putting in, etc. also, is there other software out there that does this, compare what you would charge to what it would cost to buy commercial software. will you be providing support, or development only. there's more than just what should i charge, you need to do a little investigation into what the company wants and what's out there, and how long it would take you to do this
home sick with the flu puking my guts out over the toilet when I got a call from one of the Senior VPs. :)
VC - you need to find a Venture Capitalist
block indians from coming to america or taking our jobs?
stop calling us taxachusetts :)
network connections, bandwidth, support, disk space, reliability of systems, as well as a ton of other things that you would not want to do. but if you want, you can buy your own server and colocate it in a data center starting at a few hundred a month, then you'll have disk space you want, but then you have all the headaches of supporting that hardware and server software
if The Matrix was like The Sim. You have some person making this world where he plays Neo, Trinity, et al. And then they try to escape the Sim's. So the gamer moves them over to a new expansion pack "Zion".
already stated that there is no episode 7, 8 or 9.
will they bring back the Commodore 64.
call your congressperson and have them pass an anti-spam bill. that's the only way to solve this problem
something useful, I'd buy it. But it would have to be better than something that's free.
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the solution is to make every webmaster change their website content. I think the solution is to make software (IE, Mozilla, Opera) accessible or for them to create (or pay someone to) their own web browser that fits their needs. Besides, if I try to make my website accessible and I made a coding mistake, does that mean that you are going to sue me for discrimination. I don't think so, I'm coding the same way since I started writing html in 1995, why should I change.
Who cares, so did I.
Who the F*** is John Romero?
Could that ISP be VERIO????
to have a Star Wars marathon, but unfortunately my wife hates Star Wars :(
you should contact a lawyer and have him send them a letter threatening legal action if they don't stop. For them to send a letter may cost you a couple hundred $$, but may be an easy way. If they continue, and you need to take them to court, you will definitely win and they will end up footing the bill for your legal costs. Unless, you still owe them money and that's why they are doing this.... Of course, you can just keep calling and emailing them daily.... then hourly... then every 5 or 10 minutes.... eventually they will get the point that you won't leave them alone till the resolve your problem.
Sadistic @sshole... Wow, that really means a lot coming from an Anonymous Coward
I see two thing that could make it easier. One, you learn spanish. Two, they learn english. BTW, how do you plan on installing linux when you don't understand it, and you can't understand the monks???
I have also been looking for something for my company. They have about 100 engineers, and we would like to find a way to document problems for future reference. If possible searchable, but also the topics should be in a tree design.
uh, hello, McFly http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=23843&threshol d=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=2575256
Go ahead and make it and post it somewhere :)