Kevin

Thanks for that great character reference- I fully understand that you are impressed by JVP and think he has an extremely sharp mind- something I think I'd agree with.

However, I'm rather hoping for more of a customer/experience list than a character reference, if you see what I mean? JVP has presented his own "huge" experience as more important/relevant than people with dozens or hundreds of customers. You mention one full-time customer; does that cross the line of "huge experience"? It will be easier to decide if we know whether there have been other recent customers in the last 3 years? Any mom-and-pop customers? Is the fulltime customer work using dotNET? Any other customer work using dotNET? How many customers implementing HIPAA regs? Advice has been offered in all these areas.

You mention that the fulltime work is using Oracle; I'd be fairly sure that JVP could mount a great technical debate regarding Oracle procedures, views and other items that would be fascinating. I wish that were the basis of his contribution!

Please don't misunderstand; like every human being, I hope for leaders who will make decisions easier. But this is not a cult, so the decisions still have to make sense within my own framework of experience and understanding. And for somebody who wants to lead rather than scold, it is their job to cast their advice to make it palatable. If the advice is couched in a difficult fashion, it is traditional to consider the authority's experience/expertise as part of the advice. This is fairly standard stuff, sorry if it sounds like a lecture!

Thanks for your patience,

Regards

j.R