Srdjan,

Thanks for another perspective. The trouble is that there is little science to compare the cost of deployment of product X vs product Y. What "evidence" does exist is often anecdote or opinion presented in erudite style, often funded by one vendor or another. The IT "expertise" out there is actually geared to promotion of its particular bias and all sorts of claims that cannot be substantiated. If we were talking about building materials you'd see a huge amount of reproducible science to justify these claims. For whatever reason, IT has never gained that discipline and our leaders show no interest in the sort of self-regulation seen in other fields.

FWIW, my customers are like yours in that they must focus relentlessly on the bottom line. The only reason they look at my stuff is if it offers a measurable Return on Investment. Compared to that, the technology is a non-event. Clearly this is different from the corporates that are served by others around here, but as they say in science, "the animal is always right." ;-)