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jrules
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_ 		6. February 2009 @ 12:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can someone tell me what interoperability is and give me some examples please. On this license agreement it said something about it and I didn't understand what it meant.

Thanks
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dailun
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_ 		6. February 2009 @ 13:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Interoperability means different things to different companies.

At the company I work at (hardware manufacturer) we differentiate between compatibility and interoperability

Compatible - conforms to general specifications required to work with other devices but may have not gone through a complete testing battery.

Interoperable - Conforms to the general specifications required to work with the other device and explicit testing has been done between the devices at a specified level of hardware/firmware/software such that interoperability has been proven known working within the specified set of parameters.

In short, for us:

Compatibility - should work but not necessarily guaranteed

Interoperability - tested and guaranteed to work within known tested environments.

I don't know if this makes it more or less clear.

An example of the statement you're concerned about might help.
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Napalm212
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_ 		2. March 2009 @ 23:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Damn nice brake down if he didn't get from that I don't know what will. Ty I was woundering the same thing
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