Recently, in talking with some colleagues
who (like myself) are Splus users since about 1992, I noticed
something we had in common. All of us had version 3.3
on an old computer and used it at least one third of the time
or more. Not only that, but we all have received version 4.5 but have no
real desire to install it (although we all said we were going to get around
to
it one of these days.) For the time being we were content to leave 4.0
installed.
Maybe this is unique to us and not other users. Or maybe....
I wonder if maybe Splus is moving a bit too fast? Longtime veteran users
may have found it easy to make the transition from one version
to the next, but I wonder if it is so easy for the typical user?
In any event, I like Splus and will always continue to use it, but I have
to wonder if
continuing to add so many bells and whistles at such a fast pace will
result in many people
unable to see the forest for the trees?
Although my programming skills are novice compared to many, I thought the
real
power of S was in the programming and not in the pop-down menus and GUI.
At the very least does Splus plan to give us a bit of time to digest
version 4.5 before hitting
us over the head with version 5.0?
Eric Gibson (a happy but overwhelmed user)
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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