awk, agreed. In any event, I am inclined to think the DMI as a distribution partner brings more to the table than just the ability to handle scale overflow so to speak (but that too I have no real knowledge on).
I'm thinking that DMI might not only help Wave keep up with volume, but produce additional volume that otherwise might not happen at all (and was looking at post-BP as a volume collapse example, hopefully to be avoided).
A lot has changed between then and now.
The tone of comments seems to focus only around DMI serving as a overflow agent, and I'm inclined to think that under-represents their value.
The above content is my opinion.