[geeklog-devel] Geeklog Service offering

[Blaine Lang]

Gee .. that sounds like I'm campaigning for the position.   I'm not and
haven't really considered everything nor .. is it even being offered. Just
wanted to say that I do have some business experience other then farming ;)

Blaine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaine Lang" <langmail at sympatico.ca>
To: <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog Service offering


> On, Friday, January 10, 2003 Tom Willet said:
> > 2)  Tony -- I would not be so quick to turn down Blaines offer.  As I
> > mentioned earlier, you had better like business, because you will be
> spending
> > more time doing that than programming.  There is room for a lot of
Chief's
> in
> > a business, I would rather be chief programmer and architect than CEO.
> > Blaine does have prior business experience.
>
> Ok .. brief BIO:
> - 11 years with Hewlett-Packard - 7 years in Service Org and 5 years in
> their Consulting Org
> - 4 Years with Fidelity Investments: Manager of Computer Operations -
> LAN/WAN 24x7 DataCenter and Operations
> - 4 Years Arqana Consulting: Director of Professional Services
> - 1 Year Contract: Ascenda (ASP Spin off of Sprint) Director of Service
> Delivery
> - Last 2 years:  Nextide: One of 3 Partners with a 7 employee consulting
> company specializing in Collaborative Solutions.
>
> - Oh and I forgot - 10 years Farming experience.
>
> Like Tom.. I really got started in developement with Dbase II - then III
and
> then QuickSilver ( a clipper like compiler and language environment).
>
> Cheers,
> Blaine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Willett" <tomw at pigstye.net>
> To: <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 10:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog Service offering
>
>
> > Once again I cannot keep my mouth shut.  Several points I would like to
> > comment on:
> >
> > 1)  Name change from Geeklog would be natural when Geeklog 2 comes out.
> We
> > could even position it as (lets say Cherry is the name agreed upon).
> Geeklog
> > 2 could be Geeklog Cherry like Microsoft Windows just normally dropping
> the
> > Geeklog and calling it Cherry.
> >
> > 2)  Tony -- I would not be so quick to turn down Blaines offer.  As I
> > mentioned earlier, you had better like business, because you will be
> spending
> > more time doing that than programming.  There is room for a lot of
Chief's
> in
> > a business, I would rather be chief programmer and architect than CEO.
> > Blaine does have prior business experience.
> >
> > 3)  I would make it clear from the start that all code remained GPL.
Even
> > custom code.  I have done custom modifications for several of my
customers
> > and one of my stipulations is that it remains my code.  No one has
> objected
> > to the point of losing business.
> >
> > 4)  I would emphasize again.  If the target audience is small and medium
> > businesses, the need for an organized point of contact.  They will not
> stand
> > for email only contact system.  When they show up at work at 8 in the
> morning
> > and find their web down, they want to be able to make a phone call and
> take
> > care of it.  Their day is hectic and quicker they can take care of
> something
> > (and here taking care of it is being sure someone is taking care of it)
> the
> > happier they are.
> >
> > 5)  Small businesses especially like one point of contact -- agreements
> with
> > a or multiple hosting companies we can work with will be essential.  If
> the
> > web site goes down the small businessman wants to call one person and
take
> > care of it.  Not us then we tell them its the hosting company and the
> hosting
> > company says its us.  We need to be willing to find the problem and
solve
> it
> > even it its not our problem.  You earn lots of business that way.
> >
> > --
> > Tom Willett
> > tomw at pigstye.net
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