"Saving money" (was Re: FW: Attempted theft warning.)

[Kenneth Brody]

On 8/30/2010 11:46 AM, Fairlight wrote:
> Confusious (Jose Lerebours) say:
[...]
>> PS: Funny thing is that people that do this sort of things end-up
>> spending a lot more than what they are running away from.
>
> Two options:
>
> 1) They learn, and come back to you on their hands and knees.
> 2) They don't learn, and spend a mint.  Hey, it's their dime.

Laura is currently dealing with this at a local college that hires her for 
6-8 weeks at the beginning of each semester, to help with the flood of 
infected laptops being brought on campus.  (The IT department won't let any 
computer onto their network until it passes numerous "tests", including 
virus and spyware scans.)

In an effort to "save money" :-) they outsourced the entire IT department, 
giving the current people something like 15 minutes notice to sign on with 
the new company, or leave.  (And most of the people who knew how to do 
things beyond the basics, left.)

Everyone involved (except the new people, of course) sees massive problems 
in the not-too-distant future, which will cost more money in the long run.

-- 
Kenneth Brody