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Provisioning For What Purpose? (Part 1)

In the early part of the last decade, I ran a global education program at a mid-sized company called Softwatch.  In this role, my responsibilities required that I provide education to our partners around the world.  One such occasion had me traveling to Paris to teach a class with 20 students from various parts of Europe, and so my partner Matt Grob and I flew out on Saturday to spend the weekend creating a complete education lab from scratch. Granted, it's not incredibly taxing when you're building a lab in Paris of all places.  The process, which was fairly straightforward, took us both days and then we had the nights to explore the Champs-Élysées, La Concorde, etc. not to mention eat and drink amazing culinary delights. However, I digress.  The point I am trying to make is that it took us an entire weekend to build 20 computers in an identical manner.  It cost the company several hundred dollars to provide accommodations (hotel and meals) that would have been unnecessar