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Updating your site in Drupal is something one of your staff could handle
in-house. As for hourly rates, there are more competitive vendors.

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Gordon, Neil
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> So I don't really understand this stuff, but I bet somebody out there
> does.  I need a reality check.
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>
> We pay a small provider a modest fee (like $40/month) to host our
> website.  The website is "built" in Drupal.  There are rather frequent
> updates to Drupal which is apparently a function of its open-source
> nature.  Anyway my web hoster charges us $100 per hour to install the
> updates ($400 this month).  Is this normal or was I born yesterday?
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> Thanks.
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> Neil H. Gordon CEO
> The Discovery Museums
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