Re: [OFFTOPIC] Medical practitioners and building trade people vs. software developers (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-15 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
sammy ominsky writes: > On 15/11/2011, at 09:52, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > >> In addition, one wants a consultant for stuff >> that is outside one's core competency, so it looks like outsourcing, >> which _must_ be cheaper than paying permanent staff, right? > > No, it's almost always more expens

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Medical practitioners and building trade people vs. software developers (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-15 Thread sammy ominsky
On 15/11/2011, at 09:52, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > In addition, one wants a consultant for stuff > that is outside one's core competency, so it looks like outsourcing, > which _must_ be cheaper than paying permanent staff, right? No, it's almost always more expensive, but should only be used whe

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Medical practitioners and building trade people vs. software developers (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-15 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Omer Zak wrote: > I am curious to know how do people in the building trades and in the > medical area manage to attract high payment in exchange for excellence. Why do you think they do? The vast majority of medical services are provided by unionized personnel, a

job opening

2011-11-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
I know this is not a windows list however if you read down, they want linux and asterisk skills too. I figured if someone had the skills, they may need the job. I know NOTHING about it, and replying to me will get you nowhere. Mentioning me to them will just get you blank looks. :-) This

[OFFTOPIC] Medical practitioners and building trade people vs. software developers (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-15 Thread Omer Zak
On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 15:04 +0200, Tom Balazs wrote: > 2. The customer is often not able to understand the product or service > he is buying. That means they can't really understand whether or not a > job was done well. This is true in many fields. I am curious to know how do people in the buildin

Re: Goodbye, Lingnu

2011-11-15 Thread Tom Balazs
crubbed... > URL: > <http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/2014/4a2f43da/attachment-0001.html> > > -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:41:55 +1100 > From: Amos Shapira > To: "Nadav Har'El"