Because of their financial advantage, cloud-based solution providers may be better positioned to recruit and hire trained system specialists. A small company that tries to handle its own IT, on the other hand, may have a one-person IT staff—and that employee may have a steep learning curve.

Simon, aged 10, is invited to a classmate's birthday party at an exclusive ski resort on march 15th. the day will include 4 hours of snowboarding, lunch and birthday cake. simon's mother checks a box on the invitation that says "yes, we will attend" and returns it to the classmate's address. unfortunately, they later don't attend the party when simon comes down with the flu. on march 17th, simon's mother receives an invoice in the mail from simon's classmate for $35 that says, "party no-show fee." can simon's classmate collect the fee?