sponsoring a validation that our competition can also use?". Our
answer is "nothing, if you think in terms of obstructing your
competition". If, on the other hand, you compete primarily on the
- merits of you products what others may do with the validation is
+ merits of your products then what others may do with the validation is
less of a threat as they derive no more advantage from it than you
do. Your advantage is that your sponsorship will probably cost
less that the commercial software license you would otherwise have