> Unfortunately if "that guy" is your customer then your real job is to make them happy. Usually the power relationship is not layout like that. Data provider

> Unfortunately if "that guy" is your customer then your real job is to make them happy. Usually the power relationship is not layout like that. Data providers rarely compete on technology, because their differentiating factor is the uniqueness of the data itself. The clients will put up with whatever insanity the provider will deliver the data with anyway. The history repeats itself: The older a provider, the more involved and complex its data offering. Once they have dozens of datasets, packages, clustering, a fleet of sales in the wild negociating with clients and a whole billing system on top of that, they just won't change it. That's how you end up with these insanities.