I'll have to agree with Lynn on this one. Setup a test between a map and a locally generated and run multiple timing tests. Present those results to the power that be. In the end, they'll only care about their systems, not what happened on someone else's "obviously poorly maintained and setup" systems, "ours are better!" Sometimes they're right, sometimes they're not. Only way to prove it one way or another is to test it then and there.
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