[thelist] Unreasonable host?

[j.d. welch]

On Saturday, Mar 8, 2003, at 11:47 America/New_York, Joshua Olson wrote:

> It does seem to be me to a bit over
> zealous, though, if the server you want it installed in hosts only your
> applications and sites.

presumably the server is not co-located (i.e. they do more to the box
then cycle the power, provide space and networking), and likely does
not operate autonomously in their environment, so i don't think it's
over zealous at all.  installing a compromising package on one machine
can affect others.

> They should be considerate of the costs, of course.  If they are
> asking an
> unreasonable amount of money to do this test then I'd say that they
> are not
> acting in good faith of the contract.  If the cost is reasonable, or
> the
> amount is clearly stated in the contract, then I don't think you have
> any
> ground to stand on, frankly.

absolutely.  buying new hardware would probably be going too far, but
certainly labor costs are justifiable.

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