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reiss,

Since I was the one who called P5 "Frankenstein's Software", I feel compelled to respond.

I am sure that everyone knows the stroy behind Frankenstein, if not, a brief synopsis:

Dr Frankenstein played god with various pieces of recently dead humans to create another "human" being. In the process, Dr Frankenstein, while using the correct anatomical components, built a monster hell-bent on destroying everything/everyone in sight. In the end, it was up to the villagers to gather around and dispose of the monster due to the fact that its creation, beyond being an abomination of nature, was destructive and could have led to the devastation of the community in which it raided.

Now, to place that analogy back into the realm of software:

Yes, many companies do license technologies from many different sources. However, most companies are able to sufficently build a viable, working "human" and not a "monstrosity" hell-bent on destroying everything and everyone else on the systems it is installed upon.

CL, using the same types of licensed technology, built a "monster" that, so far, has to be patched twice in so many months. The problem lies not entirely in the parts, but also the with whole created from those parts.

I find it interesting that you quoted the reference to "Frankenstein", but did not elaborate, as I did, on the meaning of that statement; definitely taking it way out of context in the process:

"What I suspect the real cause of the majority of the issues is stems from the way that all of those 'parts' either have been put together and/or how they interact with one another."