> To use SQL Server and dotNET, no doubt. ;-)
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>Nice try....
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>You can build a horrible system in SQL Server and a great system in Oracle, and vice versa.
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>There are several technologies that can handle this. This isn't about a specific technology.
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>The issue is rather obvious - there's an architecture under the hood that is ultimately going to "come to light" once more starting looking seriously at what's under the hood. And then heads will roll....

IF heads will roll, pretty certain it won't be those responsible for the mess. Political animals have survival reflexes to overcome simple things like botched projects, as leeching is their usual function and allowing themselves to be culled for it would be contra-darwinistic