Our backup window shrunk because, as we've grown, we have more and more people working around the clock.

Voice-over-IP was breaking up. The pipe was only so big.

Virtual building is a huge technical initiative this year for us.

This qualitative aspect of growth is a huge issue here. Development spurs investment and creates jobs, but it also results in the loss of green space. That's an amenity many people moved here to enjoy. Assigning a value to it is difficult, though, because the numbers are so [subjective].

It has been patented. Larry loves the pure part of the game. The things most people think are selfish, he doesn't think in those terms, like somebody shoots too much. If I was supposed to be the weak side helping and I didn't come to help my teammates, I'm selfish. Those sorts of things, the purity of the game. His whole game is predicated on players playing for each other, feeling the responsibility for each other and performing.

The carrot on the stick works well. The employer is avoiding the train wreck when these people are out of control.