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[malvolio]

Although you might say several species of small, furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving it with a Pict is a fair summary of our little community...

[malvolio]

Not just "leather". The upset was thinking about someone killing an animal just to make a mannikin. 450 years ago. Originally used on furniture around Charles 1st time. Repurposed somewhere in the late 1800s. We think....

[malvolio]

I volunteer as a room guide at a NT house on occasion. Last time we had a couple of young ladies visiting, they got close to hysterical and refused to look at two admittedly ugly "companions" - 19th century mannequins - because they were covered in leather dating from the late 1500s......

[malvolio]

My point is that if it's not in the ITT it doesn't get offered in the proposed solution...

Also the outsourcer can't run a CMDB effectively rom outside the organisation, not can they operate code validation and testing services on behalf of the software teams. Especially f the client hasn't...

[malvolio]

Pro-trader - all engaged on estate builds, usually at rates well above most contractors. If you can find one, it will be £150 an hour plus travel and materials and it's no unknown for them not to turn up.

I agree that you need a pro for many jobs, but drilling holes and hanging shelves...

[malvolio]

Having worked on responses to many Ministry outsourcing ITTs in the past, they all follow the same general pattern. Provide a datacentre that can move all our exiting core infrastructure into the cloud, provide a service desk function to operate it and support our non-technical staff, and provide a...