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osOpinion: Time To Restructure Tech Support

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 17, 2002

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“I find fault with traditional support that has one-way
flow and is static in response possibilities. Centralized support
models prevent the user from managing the performance of the
support they get.

I’d be willing to wager that there are numerous people with the
same networking problems I have. Let’s take the case of Linux
networking. I propose a distributed form of surveying users to
attempt to tackle this issue.

What if a survey was written that asked all levels of users what
problems they’ve encountered during networking? The survey would
consist of users asking questions and others answering the
questions the users asked. The answers can be cross-referenced with
other data and other surveys for different results.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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