  Here's a paraphrased summary of an email I just received: Hello everyone, I've been using your new software for a month and it sucks. I just tried it on a brand-new fast PC and it still sucks. I couldn't generate a report because you suck. The current software doesn't suck nearly as much as you do. Your software is way too slow, which sucks, and you need to make it fast before we spend any more money on it.
Your software sucks because it's not like what I have right now. Even if you work really hard, I think it will still suck. Big Accountant Guy To be fair, the report generation is slow. To bite back, I have a few points: The computer that actually needs upgrading is the server, not his desktop The previous software is far more limited than our reporting engine and only generates pieces of the report on demand Big Accountant Guy thinks the old software is fast because it only generates a hundredth of the data and returns that, then gets the next hundredth when he asks for that.
Mokalus of Borg PS - If we don't get this fixed, the project could be axed. PPS - On the plus side, that would mean I don't have to deal with accountants for a while. 
