Whether you are looking to build reusable software components for your own internal consumption or looking to sell them on the open market, the road to success is the same.

The best example of software reuse in action today is demonstrated in the open market for components. Find out why the effects of isolating the component author from the end user developer leads to more reusable components.

Before you start building your own components, you first need to determine what will make it an attractive reuse candidate to your potential consumers. Find out how customers in the open market take the "buy before you build" decision.

Write horizontal, write complete, write generic, write complex, write compact, write commercial... learn how to mimic the characteristics that make open market components so reusable.