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So apparently my request to have the issue promoted to the next level of support was denied, and once again, the answer is to tell the business owner (essentially) jump through hoops because a data issue can't be fixed.   Let me point out another frustration, the over-politeness that feels almost belittling; like they're talking to a 5 ...

I received an 'advertisement' in my inbox today from one of my email subscriptions. This is what is exactly what is wrong with our industry!  We have marketing ads like this that imply that more lines of code faster equates to a better product!  CIO's and managers who don't know any better think this is great.   Just plug it ...