FYI Visual: The Story of a Product that was Built on a Fault
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This is a story about three men and a software product named FYI Visual. This story is true. Like all the best stories, there is a moral to this one: good intentions do not guarantee good results. The three men are a physician who dreams of solving an important problem, a CEO who strives to make a software company successful, and an Associate Professor, who lends his academic credentials to support them.
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