Never, ever be surprised by the ability of people with large amounts of money to buy expensive toys (err, tools) and then go cheap on all the supporting infrastructure. Like, $1M on a scope, which then runs at about 1/10th capacity because the network is too slow to drain the SSD.
I call this the "You bought a Ferrari to drive on 101 at 10MPH when you really needed a fleet of trucks" problem
I thought it was the "our university/lab wanted to put out a press release that we just spent $xx on cutting edge equipment, to prove how advanced we are" problem.
I call this the "You bought a Ferrari to drive on 101 at 10MPH when you really needed a fleet of trucks" problem