Payson Computer Services

Nathan England has been a private consultant for several years, managing Microsoft Windows and Gnu/Linux systems in seperate and combined networks. While evangelising the use of Linux, Windows has been adopted where needed, as it better served the customer.

Focusing on providing the absolute best service possible, only the best tools for the job are used:

• Gnu/Linux
• FreeBSD
• Microsoft Windows
• Other Propeitary and Open Source Environments ...

Payson Computer Services never pushes a system into a place it doesn't belong. For the business owner who plans to maintain the system after development, installation, or upgrade has taken place, you are provided with all necessary documents and information required to do so. You are always given all the information up front, or when completed, so you may 'fire me' when the job is finished.

There is nothing scarrier in the business world than hiring a consultant to fix or replace something only to have him leave and take your documentation with him. Our focus is to get your systems functioning as quickly as possible, with as little maintenance required as possible, so you can do your job, and not worry about mine.

As the name implies, we are a Linux shop. We prefer to use Linux when and where possible because of it's inherent security vs just about everyone else. When you add cost into the issue, it greatly outpaces all its competitors, even FreeBSD. Only because it's many times easier to find a Linux consultant than a FreeBSD consultant.

Many times journalists and magazine writers like to mention that at the end of the day when all is said and done, the cost of Windows rarely outweighs the installation benefits of Linux. They claim Linux may be free, but installation time added onto consultant fees end up being the same, and in many cases, Linux is far more expensive. In my experiences, this is absolutely true. When you do not have a department or person dedicated to IT support, you must hire a consultant. If you hire a consultant that typically only handles Windows software, then ask him to install a Linux setup, you'd be right. Not knowing what he is doing, it will cost twice as many hours as a Windows Install, and usually many long distance phone calls to a Linux-Friendly consulting company to help him out. With competent Linux expertise from the beginning, it is rare to find a Linux installation that takes much longer than a similar Windows installation, and once completed, the Linux system will require much less future repair or management.

That being said, no software is unbreakable. The truth about Linux is not a whole lot are specifically trying to attack it, atleast not like they are attacking Windows. The major benefit of Linux and the Open Source world as a whole, within hours of an exploit, attack, or virus for a particular piece of software, the developers usually have a patch completed, if not an entirely fixed source tree to correct the problem. Meaning your unsafe software can be safe within days, not weeks and in many cases months or years!

If your systems need a little cleaning up, or a complete replacement send an email and request custom services, or call the telephone number and setup an appointment.

No goal is too big, no job is too small. Payson Computer Services, we'll handle it all.