"However the patent covered migration, so no matter what, migration was the solution. We wrote the framework around the patent..." They realized early on that

"However the patent covered migration, so no matter what, migration was the solution. We wrote the framework around the patent..." They realized early on that there was a better way to do things, but stayed the course because they had to make something that used the patent. I don't think the framework ever had a chance from the beginning.