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My old buddy Scott Koffman asked if he could post this commentary over at MrPLC.com, and it generated a very insightful commentary from one of the members. You can check it out HERE , or look below for a summary.

From Nathan at mrplc.com: Very interesting commentary - thanks for sharing it. I'd be curious to get more details from the author on how Rockwell helped it's position immensely. I believe that "compatibility" with their existing projects is significant to the usefulness of the authors implications of such a move. Keep in mind that in this focused nitch industry, a company of Rockwell's size might buy out a much smaller company with a dangerous project just to get rid of them. That said, my opinion is that the reuse of "good" code will benefit all. It's too common that that the big players in this industry invent their own half-baked implementation of existing projects.