In message <00ee01c11c4b$b8af36a0$d01fb0d8@md656>, "md656" writes:
>> Is this a troll? In any case, forking is a well known phenomenon in
>
>Can I know what is "forking"?
Sorry. Forking is exactly what you described: taking a common code
base and producing two or more different products with similar
specifications. It is especially bad if they are mutually
incompatible. It is almost as bad just for wasting resources that
could have gone into making a single, higher-quality product.
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