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[Greg Renouf]

Francisco A. Lozano wrote:

>I think the problem is depending on any small company for your business.
You
>can depend on Oracle, on SAP, on Microsoft and on IBM. But you can't depend
>on a small company, or at least I wouldn't do it; have had bad experiences
>with that in the past.
>  
>
>Well, Enron and Worldcom sure looked like big, successful business until 
>they were not. This "big business is more stable" is just an illusion - 
>a false sense of security.

Big businesses are not always more stable- but there are advantages working
with a big bankrupt business over a small one.  

For example, Enron and Worldcom may have gone bust- but the administrators
knew the value of their customer base and invested in keeping their services
live until they could find new investors.

Many small companies will simply disappear.  I've watched administrators
walk into computer rooms and just flip the power off.  They figure that it
is often not worth the cost of the electricity to keep it running.

-GSR