Comments on: On Being independent and Bias free http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/07/19/on-being-independent-and-bias-free/ Personal thoughts, business, economics, politics Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/07/19/on-being-independent-and-bias-free/#comment-710 admin Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:39:13 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=79#comment-710 Venture Capital is another dimension. When the company is private the owners have a choice can put their vision first not the money. When we're dealing with Venture Capital or public company giving return no matter what becomes priority. Venture Capital is another dimension. When the company is private the owners have a choice can put their vision first not the money. When we’re dealing with Venture Capital or public company giving return no matter what becomes priority.

]]> By: Vadim Tk http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/07/19/on-being-independent-and-bias-free/#comment-691 Vadim Tk Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:38:37 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=79#comment-691 What about VC money ? For me VC money is a collar, which you never able to get rid of. What about VC money ?

For me VC money is a collar, which you never able to get rid of.

]]> By: admin http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/07/19/on-being-independent-and-bias-free/#comment-673 admin Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:48 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=79#comment-673 Morgan, We're like doctors. We offer best advice we can and it often would be for the customer to follow it (unless they hire us to implement and manage things as well). Indeed in many cases I feel sorry for customers choosing not to follow my advice but this is their choice and I did what I could. Same as Dentist may feel sorry if one is not brushing their teeth we're sorry one is not doing backups... Morgan,

We’re like doctors. We offer best advice we can and it often would be for the customer to follow it (unless they hire us to implement and manage things as well). Indeed in many cases I feel sorry for customers choosing not to follow my advice but this is their choice and I did what I could.

Same as Dentist may feel sorry if one is not brushing their teeth we’re sorry one is not doing backups…

]]> By: Morgan Tocker http://peterzaitsev.com/2009/07/19/on-being-independent-and-bias-free/#comment-669 Morgan Tocker Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:36:32 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=79#comment-669 I value this vendor-neutral stance from a consulting company, but I think we need to understand that the customer may not make neutral choices based on what was the 'best technology available' either. I've often thought resource availability is more important than the technology choice itself. For example; I once saw a lot of damage when MySQL was handed to SQL Server developers to run off and write an application in stored procedures, only to discover that the debugging capabilities are limited, and Dynamic SQL is non deterministic in statement based replication. I value this vendor-neutral stance from a consulting company, but I think we need to understand that the customer may not make neutral choices based on what was the ‘best technology available’ either. I’ve often thought resource availability is more important than the technology choice itself. For example;

I once saw a lot of damage when MySQL was handed to SQL Server developers to run off and write an application in stored procedures, only to discover that the debugging capabilities are limited, and Dynamic SQL is non deterministic in statement based replication.

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