Hellborn, LOL. The analogy is interesting: both computers and cars cause envirnmental pollution but both have increased personal freedom in travel and expression respectively. However, the core arguments are specious.

• Cars have been around for over 100 (150?) years with plenty of time for improvement. Domestic 3D software for around 12 - 15 so it's still early "pioneering" days.

• Cars have a single function, transportation, and relate only to themselves. Software is generally multi-functional with innumerable, usually unknown and unpredictable, relationships with a myriad of other software, drivers and the OS which itself changes.

• The motor industry is heavily legislated in most countries. Seat belts, airbags and refined engineering have increased safety. The apps of software houses operate entirely in the free market, able to produce what they want, how they want.

• Finally, unlike a car, no one dies when a computer crashes.

But a neat parody nonetheless. Thanks for witty response. It certainly made me chuckle.:-)

djeser, thanks for the encouragement. I'll certainly stick around to see what happens. Either that or OD on belgian truffles.

wabe, spot on, shared enthusiasm through communication. Absolutely.

nontyrannus, agree totally. I have a 20 minute rule. If the software doesn't give me something I want in 20 minutes, I discard it and get on with life. I've been using Vue since very early V2 and I still love it. I'm so excited about Vue 5 but beginning to feel in a minority of people who are.

Cheers,
Mark