But Rayraz, at this point we're not even sure that Corel will update Bryce at all! Going back to our hypothetical company j, if they buy out Bryce from company c, it would be lot, stock and barrel, including the source code for the program. I would think that a company that would even consider in the first place to do a buy out would be willing to invest something into it in order to get more out of it in returns. Theyll have to hire, if they dont already have, capable programmers to study the source code, make necessary changes to it and add routines that will take it to the next level. Guess what Im saying is that they wont have to start from scratch to develop an already existing program. And following the above stated logic, bringing the program into the proper market scope might prove profitable for them.