repicurus:and in-house IT staff always want to resolve any issue as quickly as is possible; therefore
I'm sure that is true for many, but it has not always been for all of my co-workers. When reading threads like this, I get the impression there are very different environments out there and most of them are not aware of the others. As in comments like this:
majorbloodnock:do admit I may just have been incredibly lucky and led a sheltered life, but it's certainly not my experience.
What would be great would be some data, or case studies. This is a rare one that shed some light:
http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/sql-tools/sql-search--the-search-and-the-sequel/
It is pretty tough to go into a meeting, as a technical person and try to sell something like "partnership" to people who are adept at marketing and talk much faster than I do.