> I accept that one wants to find out what the bottlenecks are,
> but I can't accept that companies this big spending this much
> money haven't.
Informix bankrupted itself buying Illustra at a price that most people
thought was plain silly.
Don't assume that just because the sum of money has nine digits to the left
of the decimal point, the decision-making process is any more rational than
when you buy a dishwasher; and even when it's rational, it's still highly
risky.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
