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Wednesday, 09/01/2010 9:41:33 PM

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:41:33 PM

"So which of these items do you think is what they sold?"

None of them.

"As part of the contract, MPRI will install and license a customized version of VirTra’s proprietary video branching simulation software on its 390 Advanced Training System. MPRI will also offer VirTra’s self-authoring software so customers are able to create their own scenarios in order to tailor training more specifically to their exact requirements."

So VirTra apparently has modified (or will modify) their simulation software to work on MPRI's systems. Customers of MPRIs systems will then be able to purchase and use either of VirTra's scenario authoring packages if they choose to do so.

Speaking as a software engineer, this is where good software design comes into play. If VirTra's simulation software is well structured, layered, modular, and well documented, then adapting it to different hardware should be simple. If it was written by underpaid hacks who's managers always have them pushing a deadline, then it could be a lot of work.

It does say "As part of the contract" though. It's not clear if selling VirTra's authoring packages is the the other part, or if there is something else we were not told about.