The negotiations were bound for failure, since the aims of the two groups were largely incompatible.
They are largely incompatible with existing computer systems in which computer makers - and their customers - have invested billions of dollars.
The ideas of the M-Base concept were largely incompatible with the requirements of music business.
Timex's derivatives were largely incompatible with Sinclair systems.
In contrast, it is largely incompatible with logical systems which uses other things than formulas and inference rules.
The technology is largely incompatible with existing computer systems.
These cards generally had a short life expectancy, and were largely incompatible with various motherboards at the time.
The two are largely incompatible today.
In practice, the various versions are largely incompatible.
There is an added challenge in that the industry is split between several largely incompatible protocols.