> Maybe better to elaborate on what it should be, if not fast? It should satisfy the needs of the customer and it should be reasonably secure. Everything else

> Maybe better to elaborate on what it should be, if not fast? It should satisfy the needs of the customer and it should be reasonably secure. Everything else is a luxury. My point was that in most of my time in the industry being faster would not have benefited my customers in any manner worth measuring. I'm not anti-performance. I fantasize about how to make my software faster to maintain my geek credentials. But neither my bosses nor my customers pay for it. If a customer says they want it faster we'll oblige.