However, from the project's inception the two groups sought to maximize the system's utility, convenience, and cross-plaform transparency by having both teams carefully examine and approve each proposed system modification. Consequently, as the collaboration proceeded, the two groups began to envisage the possibility of implementing the new version on both projects. The implementation of standard components and interfaces at every level. In addition, the system's modularity means that existing software modules can simply be ignored if they do not need to be implemented, so the developer needn't expend a lot of effort identifing and eliminating unneeded functional modules. This characteristic is responsible in large measure for the system's speed and robustness, as there are no bottlenecks to slow data travel and no critical links whose failure can disable the entire system.
Additional benefits accrue from the implementation of standards wherever possible.
The system's reliance on such standards further simplifies the jobs of system developers, who are free to implement a wide variety of hardware to interface with the system software. Makes it easy to upgrade hardware and software as functional capabilities improve Eliminates reliance on obsolescent or obsolete components. These firms are Kinetic Systems Corporation, Tate Integrated Systems, and Titan Spectron Corporation.