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DaWei · May 10th, 2006, 5:58 AM

If you don't pursue compatibility, the customers and regulatory bodies will eventually shoot you. If you do, you get sued for stealing "look and feel". There's also the ol' "not invented here" syndrome.

May 10th, 2006, 5:58 AM	#5
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	If you don't pursue compatibility, the customers and regulatory bodies will eventually shoot you. If you do, you get sued for stealing "look and feel". There's also the ol' "not invented here" syndrome. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers