http://www.advogato.org/person/tetard/ Advogato blog for tetard en-us mod_virgule Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:46 GMT Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:56:54 GMT http://www.advogato.org/person/tetard/diary.html?start=0 http://www.advogato.org/person/tetard/diary.html?start=0 05-04-2000 <P> Vendor Syndrome, aka, CYA syndrome day <P> Been fighting for the last couple of weeks against a crateload of old-fashioned, product oriented colleagues that believe that the only way to run a production networkis to have vendor supported (i.e.: contract) hardware and software. <P> There's nothing more discouraging than hearing otherwise technically competent people saying "You can't run a mission critical network [whatever that means] on free software". <P> So instead of looking back on 6 months of sweat I've put in to get a decent SMTP and DNS backbone in here, now we have to go through a "requirement definition" and "solution decision" process to evaluate what technology and product best suits a task I've already implemented. <P> The peeves of the day: FUD, generation gap, Cover Your Ass politics