I have been on the receiving end of CA, CSC, IBM, and a host of smaller companies. They come in with promises spouting mumbo jumbo like "new economy", "webified", "whole new paradigm", "cloudified", "localized private cloud in a box", "XML", "webscale", "secret sauce", "Object Oriented", etc. and end up causing at least as many problems as they solve and then charge you for the privilege of fixing it.

They wear ceremonial garb (suits and ties in some cases, black t-shirts in others), often wave shine things around ("smart" phone, tablets, iWatches etc.) to show their geek cred. Ceremonial drugs are sometimes involved in the form of beer and martinis as well as ceremonial meals ("let's do lunch!").

So yeah, I see some parallels there.

How is this different from any other tech consultant? Seriously, if you sold Real Estate the same way software is sold you would go to prison. If you sold used cars the same way software is sold you would go to prison.

If accept the mainstream Bible there is no Hell.

You haven't said anything about your application. Do you run it continuously? Sporadically? Will the machine be sitting idle much of the time? Do you have the staff to support it? What about networking and storage? Do you have the ability to rapidly move and store data as the actual computing is only part of the story.
It may make sense to rent the time due to lower storage and maint. costs than to actually buy and maintain the infrastructure.

As in the modern as in approximately this century. I assumed when I said "NoSQL" you knew what I meant as opposed to "no sql".

May be he doesn't care about the money

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Do you seriously think the grungy garage band feel of "Americana" was on accident? BTW, I like those covers.

OK, context check. I meant modern "NoSQL" database engines. The older ones have survived because they got better. The new ones I was actually referring to are proud of the fact they are eventually consistent, meaning they are not ACID compliant. Though over time they will be, or will be discarded.

Open space, cheap housing, and abundant water. I interviewed for a job in Pittsburgh and the more I investigated the town the more I liked it. Given an offer I would've moved there. Besides the Monroeville mall is nearby.
  I hear Cleveland is making a comeback too.

"Two weeks is going to be difficult for poor people"

Nah, just round them up, put them into stadiums , and let God sort them out. Just like during Katrina.[1]

[1] Is there a Godwin's like law re: Kartrina? Should there be one?

"nosql databases that can do the same

Except NoSQL databases are not guaranteed ACID compliant. Meaning you may lose critical medical information. The relational model is built around ACID compliance. I hope by now so is MUMPS.

Diebold could build it!

Company A has cash flow. A should purchase B in order to shelve the cure. That's just smart business.

Welcome to /. you must be new here...

Nope. I've said it and I have none of that. Nice try trying to poison the conversation with a stereotype.