On May 15, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:

> Just as the hot dog cookers and other one trick wonders in the kitchen
> are of very limited use, special purpose tools that attempt to define
> your problem and solution are not nearly useful as generic ones in an
> ILS context. I am still hoping that vendors will recognize that true
> interoperability is a feature that increases the value of the ILS more
> than just about anything else.


Well said. The vendor who provides a suit of tools that can
interoperate with any number of other standards-based tools is as
vendor to establish close relationships with.

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