Re: Repository services and budget

[davidk@ISI.EDU]

Jeff,

> Jeff Williams writes :
> > 
> > I support the idea to keep everything as lean as feasible. But I don't
> > think that it is a good idea to save the money on personnel. I found from
> > my experience with running the RIPE database that it was of tremendous
> > value to have a 'secretarial-type/catch all' person in the office
> > (parttime is fine). Good personnel can save you more money by choosing a
> > cheap location (if that is needed at all ;-)) and reliable but cheap
> > computer equipment.
> 
>   I have found that reliable and cheap rarely go together.  In this

I didn't say the cheapest equipment. I put an extra condition there, it
should still be reliable. Also, good personnel is supposed to know were
to shop cheaply; you know: not every shop sells the same equipment for
the same price. And then in general: reliability is more determined by a
solid software design, implementation and good hardware maintenance team
then the underlying hardware itself (on the assumption that you did at
least some minimal quality checks) eg. get could implementors *and* they
are rarely cheap ...

David K.
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