My copy of 4.5 hasn't shown up yet so I can't comment on whether or not
I will find it useful However, I imagine that the common situation
amongst "long" time users (MS Windows) is that while we may have 4.3 (or
4.2 or 4.0) on our machine very few of us have have taken 3.3 off. I
continue to use 3.3 for projects started under it but use 4.x (<.5) for
new projects. In all cases I am still using the command line screen
only to do my analyses.
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Stephen J. Smith
Head, Molluscan Fisheries Section
Invertebrate Fisheries Division
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada B2Y 4A2
Street address for Couriers:
1 Challenger Drive
Voice: 902-426-3317
Fax: 902-426-1862
Note new email address.
Internet: Smithsj@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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> From:
> eric.gibson@pharma.Novartis.com[SMTP:eric.gibson@pharma.Novartis.com]
> Sent: 22-May-98 5:15 PM
> To: s-news@wubios.wustl.edu
> Subject: [S] Splus 3.3 vs 4.0 4.2 4.5 ...
>
>
> 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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