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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:54:20 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: button challenged

In <3F15E578.1C82@peterskye.com>, on 07/16/03
at 04:52 PM, Peter Skye said:

>I've never heard of jdictionary or eCSMT, and I know nothing about
>netbeans (although I've heard of it).

Google is your friend.

>Interesting. Is this an attempt to keep all users at the current level
>which (hopefully) reduces support costs?

Perhaps, although I tend to attribute it more to the need to apply defect
fixes as opposed to upgrades.

>So what _else_ is the newer software doing that I'm not aware of?

All sorts of things - tighter integration to the OS and other apps, more
complex graphical user interfaces, attempts at wizards and assistants to
handle the complexity.

Steven

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