Wolf Ticket

This anti-pattern is about a open-standards product that does not comply to its open standards, and always containing proprietary customization. Hence, the name "wolf ticket", means sending the customer to the wolf with such product.

Symptoms and Consequences

• The offered software differed from the original open-standards version.

Causes

• Commercial demands for marketing and applied proprietary brand and enhancement.

Refactor Recipes

• Plan your technical strategy for communicating the technological politics.