Aki, you sound like a gava procurement officer..tihihihi.! On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Daudi Were <daudi.were@gmail.com> wrote:
Aki,
Dennis did help but far from sorting me out. He gave me a link to a Google search. From which I was able to find more information. So really your enemy is Google and the flow of information. What expertise is this that you keep trumpeting one Google search can render obselete?
Now, let me share an illustration which demonstrates how Dennis approach to Skunkworks does more for developers or anyone who has to work for a living than your proposed tendering process.
I asked a question on a Friday afternoon I got two responses, one from Dennis with links to where I could get more information the other response was yours.
From the reading the links Dennis shared and diving a little deeper I learnt about two pieces of software that would work in our situation. On Saturday we made two purchases. For the software and for the OS to run that software as the computer we intend to use did not have the OS required by the software. On Sunday we tested the set up On Monday the system is up and running on location.
So in three days, over a weekend remember, I paid a developer for their system, bought an OS made by a team of developers - and the system is deployed = very happy developers.
Now let us assume I used your system:
We would still be talking about tender documents, bidding processes, launching due process etc.
Dennis' approach, which is the whole approach Skunkworks is built upon, actually ensures developers get paid. Your approach, adds unnecessary bureaucracy for no benefit to anyone.
Let me drive this point home, if you follow the links Dennis supplied you find that the same question is asked on Microsoft forum, where you can ask questions for free. So all you would do if you implemented this bidding process of yours is drive traffic and money away from Skunkworks. Secondly, developing a revenue making model from information that can be obtained by one Google search is NOT the business model you should be encoruaging anywhere leave alone on the forum of key techies in Kenya. For example, how much are you willing to pay me for me to tell you where Nakumatt BuruBuru is or where Macmillan Library is? Would you go through a bidding process for that information? I suspect not! So what is the difference here as both the Nakumatt location question and my question were answered by one Google search? Now there is information that can not be obtained so easily, that perhaps is where you need to focus your energies. So I suggest that you examine each question you come across on Skunkworks carefully, before simply cutting and pasting the same bunch of paragraphs over and over again. That is if your aim is to add value to this forum.
Again, to prove the worth of your theories here on the need to bid for general information, I suggest that we use your shop as a test model. Start demanding payment from your potential customers before you answer any of their questions and report back to us on how it has affected your sales positively or negatively.
Daudi
On 26 June 2011 00:43, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Daudi,
Dennis sorted you out on a goodwill basis and this has been the essence of skunks in which we all share the goodwill until we discovered that there are others on this list who also make an income from such queries and felt rightfully so that we are not doing the right thing. I believe the bidding process is a step to protect and create an enterprise environment for those who would wish to quote for the work or even basic consultancy. Unlike other sectors where Non Disclosure Agreements and IP rights are thought of even before anything gets done I believe things in skunks are slowly changing.
If you can suggest another consultacy method that can work and create enterprise for skunks, the more merrier. I thought of a bidding system where whoever responds to your query would have rightfully earned some income from their knowledge. @Dennis answered your query but did not receive any financial benefit for his technical expertise but in an ideal situation there would be some gratitude going beyond thanks.
We have people who advertise on this list, suppose someone said they could offer the same goods free? How then does it work? Once again I'd like you to put the discussion into a skills perspective ( under a service industry ) and try to understand the situation. If you are offended, then you definately have my apology on the issue of not having explained earlier what we are trying to achieve.
Anyway, I believe it is upto skunks to decide and not me.
Rgds. :-)
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