āOh, dear me, no,ā said the operations manager. āWe donāt have a spare Oracle license, and it would take six months to get you that and the server on which to run it. But Iāll do what I can.ā
You can see where this is going. You can even hear ābwahahaā after each answer. Of course, the DBA and operations manager are only doing their jobs, but the developerāand the needs of the business āĀ are stuck in the slow lane.