Data Warehousing Tools - To Bundle Or Not to Bundle?

This is an attempt to get some feedback. A friend and I were talking about the current trend of bundling data warehousing tools as a package so that customers can have a one stop shop. Most of the major players in the data warehousing market are trying this "Back Office" approach. We had a number of issues that we could not resolve. So I've come here to find out what the data warehousing populace think. 1. Are "Back Office" type data warehousing bundles the way to go? 2. If they are what category of tools should make up a bundle? What, if anything, should not be in a bundle? 3. If money was not an issue and you were able to put together a cross-vendor bundle, what currently shipping products would you put in it? 4. Since money actually is an issue in the real world, what would be the optimum price that a customer should pay for a bundle? This figure has nothing to do with consultancy or hardware. 5. What effect will the pending Microsoft BackOffice that includes NT5.0/SQL Server 7.0 do to the efforts of the vendors currently offering similar one stop data warehousing bundles. webmaster@nigeria.net Nigeria.Com is Nigeria on the 'Net. A community site catering to the needs of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria from a Nigerian perspective. Join us at http://www.nigeria.com -------Message Signature Ends-------