Sorry, vertex, what's the point? I use Lite-C almost the same way as I used C-Script. You don't have to use all the new features.
Speaking about business: Lite-C has been 'sponsored' by Atari, a big reason to make that step.
And, you are talking as if Lite-C broke the code of Aris, I don't think that we can say anything safe about what caused the problems, before Aris fixed his code.