>Any foundation class is going to require bending
>the client's specs to fit into what you can do
>with your reusables.

this is, btw, why u should give a lot of thought
to designing ur base classes and - when designin and building
them make them as general as u can and sub-class them for
specific uses.
this way u can leverage the time and effort u put into the class building over many projects (this is the essance of
reusability IMHO)

Arnon