Request for a consultant

[cyoung at bbnplanet.com (Chuck Young)]

Hsin-Yu Sidney Li,

A bunch of guys that used to work at BBN broke off and started their own
company several years ago doing host and networking admin stuff; they
called themselves The Leftbank Operation and have done quite well over the
years.  They were recently assimilated into a larger organization and now
go by the name The Cohesive Group.  I spoke with Audrey about your
situation and she indicated a willingness to assist you with this project.

You can reach her at audrey at cohesive.com

They have been very good to work with over the years.

Hope this helps,

Chuck Young
GTE Internetworking

On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Hsin-Yu Sidney Li wrote:

> Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:45:29 -0500 (EST)
> From: Hsin-Yu Sidney Li <LIH at cliffy.polaroid.com>
> Reply-To: discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org
> To: discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org
> Subject: Request for a consultant
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Our department (in Cambridge, MA) is looking to install a new server
> for our LAN, and are looking to hire a consultant for the job.  More
> specifically, we are looking to buy a new computer and use it as an
> email server, file server, and print server.  Personally I would like
> to set up a Linux workstation for this, and could probably install it
> myself.  But my boss wants to hire a "real" computer person to do this
> (my real job is an Optical Engineer).  Although he doesn't much care
> about what operating system or software we use (as long as it works
> with the rest of the company), going with an outside vendor (so we
> have somebody to blame and call for help in case something goes wrong)
> is likely to mean that we end up with a (shudder) NT server.
> 
> The people we've talked to can only recommend NT consultants, and I
> will probably have to interview a few just to keep my boss happy.  But
> can somebody recommend a local Linux-centric vendor/consultant that is
> interested in doing this in Linux?  For various reasons, we need it
> set up in a hurry.
> 
> Although my boss(es) are reasonably flexible, they are going to need
> some persuasion about going with a Linux solution, especially since
> the rest of the corporation is going with the NT and MS Exchange, and
> the email clients are going to be MS Outlook.  (Does Outlook work with
> IMAP or POP3?)  I feel that a Linux sendmail+POP/IMAP+Samba solution
> is cheaper and more efficient, but they want somebody to hold
> accountable.
> 
> By the way, the job will include recommending the hardware.  As
> expected, management wants to go with brand-name PCs, so that they
> have somebody to call if something goes wrong.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sidney Li
> lih at polaroid.com
> (781)386-8529
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