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Based on reading many of the threads...
Make a complete list of everything they need addressed, specifically that they are not thinking of.
Using the current pricing/quotes they are getting, calculate out the cost.
Build a spreadsheet.
Next, compare that cost to going back, and adding what was missing.
The problem with cheaper in the short run, is that the long run ALWAYS catches up.
We have a client who gladly made that move. They have been waiting OVER 1 YEAR on a change.
In the past, their slowest changes were a couple of months.
And, in the long run, it will cost more, but "do more". But this ultra slow timeframe to get
things done is crazy. It takes a MONTH just to get a quote on a change. LOL. Unless we provide the sourcecode for the change, we cannot get it in under 3 months. And even then 3 is typical!
The challenge you face is this: If they don't choose quickly, they will NEVER switch back/away because of not understanding sunk costs. The people who left were probably smart (consider that), and the company could possibly end up out of business. And yes, I have seen that happen.
I was 20 when I threw away a newly designed (and quite buggy) system, and rewrote it from scratch.
I did it on my own time, after hours, knowing it would be a huge success. It was. On every metric.
And in the end, I was ALMOST PUNISHED (certainly chided) for throwing away an "asset" they felt had value, and not starting with that. (I claimed I started with that as the wrong approach, and it helped me design a better approach. Luckily they bought it).
But it was obvious to me. When you find yourself in a whole. STOP DIGGING! LOL
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You're speculating without all the facts.
Estimates and conclusions will be worthless.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Burzum - Tomhet[^]
Something a little different this week.
Burzum was among the people who initiated the "second wave of black metal" in Norway end 80's/early 90's.
He was in jail for arson and murdering a band member, but he got released a few years ago.
This guy is completely bonkers, but he sure knows how to make dark music.
This song is not black metal though, he made some dark ambient stuff as well.
Tomhet, meaning emptiness, is my favorite Burzum track and also my favorite dark ambient track.
Try not to fall asleep 
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definitely yawn material.
Here's one[^] I found while looking for something completely different
- not a jazz fan but it's now on my regualr playlist
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the any key may be continuate
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Lopatir wrote: definitely yawn material.
That's how I like it sometimes 
Lopatir wrote: Here's one[^] I found
Awesome find!
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That's fantastic. New band material. Thanks for helping me start my day well.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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Woooow, great work, and I nearly missed it because of my hectic week ...
I heard some of their tracks and I found them a bit over the top,
but this one is is really great. Perhaps Wardruna would fit the picture
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA38ffX1AHo)
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"A happening at which an element leads a star man to accept a toppled point. There's no turning back from here." (5,7)
Good luck - I've tried to make it a bit harder than my last few.
Andy B
modified 16-Feb-17 5:03am.
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Event Horizon?
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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... is the correct answer, are you able to provide the full solution?
modified 16-Feb-17 5:17am.
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Well....
Happening : Event
Element: H
Star man to accept a toppled point : No idea
No turning back from here: Nothing can esscape the event horizon of a black hole.
So no, I don't know what the star man bit is about, or the toppled point. But event horizon just sprang out at me.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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So close, well done.
star man = Orion
Point = N toppled to give Z
Andy B
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So, is it me or @OriginalGriff tomorrow then?
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Commisera Congratulations Mel! You're up tomorrow for the first correct answer.
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You beat me by three minutes - serves me right for taking time to finally get the reasoning. And unsuccessfully too. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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EVENT HORIZON?
A happening EVENT
at which an element leads H
a star man
to accept
a toppled
point. N
There's no turning back from here.
The rest I haven't fitted in at all...
[edit]
Dang! Too late...
[/edit]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I think Orion has something to contribute and a toppled point could be a N rotated 90 degrees
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Is Macedonia a real place?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Google Maps - Macedonia
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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It would look nicer with a wall around it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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But how are you going to make them pay for it?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Probably in turnips, or whatever it is they grow, there.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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