On September 12, 2002 19:06, Ken O. Burtch wrote: > Chris Herrnberger wrote: > > As you say, you need to have the staff and money to move to a small > town/city. My experience was that, if you want to start a Linux > company, St. Catharines is not your best choice to find staff. There > are companies in St. Catharines where they think Windows 3.1 is high > tech. Maybe I should move to Waterloo and see what's going on out there > in terms of computers. > > > Me thinks its getting time to move out West...:) > > Yeah, I know exactly what you mean.
Well let me elaborate a bit. Me thinks it all depends on the nature of the services your provide. 1. If you are an ISV you need to be close to your markets, at least within delivery range and support range. There is nothing better then the personal touch when dealing with clients, you tend to get paid faster and more promptly. 2. If you are an OEM, then the ony thing that matters is the just in time delivery of parts and shipping/expediting of product. Depends entirely on your access to transportation corridors. 3. If you are a development house/software then you can be located anywhere as long as you have a fast pipe to the office/home/barn/well and a reasonable power source. 4. If you are a network/sysadmin/etc/etc/ shop, then you need to be close to your clients only if you are concerned withrespect to payment and the nature of your client base. Remote admin supported by local contractors is entirely possible feasible and quite doeable. 5. Remote needs to be defined. Some folks not in downtown TO consider Mississauga remote. Its a matter of business needs that are entirely based on client needs. /ch
