So a purchase of more than a quarter-million seats doesn't raise any questions at Oracle? Or perhaps Arthur Andersen is handling their orders? It would be interesting to know how many customers (aside from the Feds - maybe) have ever bought that many seats.
why is it that a bottle of Coke costs me about 3x more than some oil which was dug up underground half a world away, processed, transported in many stages, and has about 60% of its price as taxes?
The Coke tastes a lot better.
Seriously, I think the comparison is not valid. Set up your soda water system, buy a keg from your local Coke (a Cola) dealer, and enjoy a lot of it real cheap. Not many people drink 10 (or more) gallons of Coke per week.
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So a purchase of more than a quarter-million seats doesn't raise any questions at Oracle? Or perhaps Arthur Andersen is handling their orders? It would be interesting to know how many customers (aside from the Feds - maybe) have ever bought that many seats.
The Coke tastes a lot better.
Seriously, I think the comparison is not valid. Set up your soda water system, buy a keg from your local Coke (a Cola) dealer, and enjoy a lot of it real cheap. Not many people drink 10 (or more) gallons of Coke per week.
modular design is an accepted standard in the industry
But what does that have to do with MS? Yesterday, we learned that MS coders are all geek rock stars.