Adam,

Well, yes, you do have to go to IBM to handle large data bases, but only if you
want reliability along the way.  If excuses for failure are within the scope of
acceptability then your choices broaden.

But that has nothing to do with the "interactive tax" as some call it.

Adam Lang wrote:
>
> You had to go to Standard Oil to use a combustion engine.
>
> You have to go to IBM to handle large databases?


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