"I have always believed that I must hold sacred the following relationships: my spouse, my accountant, my lawyer, my doctor, and my mechanic. In this day and age, it also makes sense to add your own personal technical guru. Just like any relationship your guru should understand your needs, listen when you need them to, speak when they need to, let you ignore them when YOU want to, be worth your investment, and most of all, HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.

No one can make it through business or life in general, without that kind of support. And offer the same relationship in return...."

(excerpt taken from "Top 11.5 Mistakes Small Businesses Make With Computers", by Babul A. Mukherjee, The Montopolis Group)