Budgeting for a Data Warehouse

Budgeting for a Data Warehouse: "Everyone believes that data warehouses are expensive. We attend conferences and swap stories about multi-terabyte data warehouses and the conclusion that we reach at is that data warehouses are expensive. But does it have to be that way? Stated differently, what is the most expensive, consuming part of the data warehouse? What is the largest determining factor for the expense of the data warehouse? You may be surprised at the answer. The answer is that the largest determining factor for the data warehouse is�you!"