>>Which is precisely the problem with IT. You can open the "box" - source code - and see the equivalent of a hamster in a wheel connected with duct-tape or an electric motor, but no one ever agrees that the hamster-wheel thing is wrong before it's built.
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>Hmmm ... not sure which side you're arguing for Mike. Which is the hamster and which is the electric motor?

I'd say using business and data objects increases system flexibility, maintainability. Electric motor - component you just use. But, it's not made here - so I'll just use the hamster. While that may be McGyverish (creative), it's not necessarily the best.