Re: OSS and getting money for it (was: [tlug] Re: Why Vista Sucks)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Attila Kinali writes:

 > I don't know how much irony is in that mail, but from my
 > experience in SMB but also to some extend in larger companies,
 > people have certain knowledge or skills that noone else in
 > the company/team has which is hard to find because either
 > people don't usualy have it or it isn't something you normaly
 > put onto a CV.

Sure, there are exceptions to every rule.  My point is that you'll do
much better on average if you assume that people can cover for each
other, and worry more about ensuring sufficient amounts of resources
that are not so flexible.  It's also often the case that having a
particular person be crucial to the organization constitutes bad
planning on management's part.  How often do we hear stories of
somebody with a crucial skill who leverages that into a much higher
salary or into getting away with shirking most work because management
believes that person is irreplacable, and they won't train anybody in
their skills?