>federal bureaucracy. The only problem is that you can be subject to whims of management, they might suddenly decide to turn you into a PB programmer (aagh!):~)
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>Have you ever checked the rates for PB programmers in US?!

That's a good point. At my agency, those offices which have moved to Sun/Sybase/PB are having a hard time finding experienced people, and they have to pay big money for PB help (in fact, one team I'm close to can't even find good help at all right now, and their project is stalled from this). Tough luck! :~)