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One thing I've noticed over the years on these forums is that perhaps far too many forum members tend to view these marvelous programs ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO - with an attitude that what anybody else may be doing is irrelevant.


I wouldn't go so far as to say that when people describe their experience it necessarily presumes any judgement about how other people use it...

I am reminded of the old parable about several blind men trying to come to an understanding of what an elephant must look like.

The blind man standing at the elephants head feels the trunk and reports that an elephant is like a snake.

The man at the ears reports that an elephant is like a large sheet of leather

The man at the side reports that an elephant is much like a boulder

The man at the legs reports that the elephant resembles 4 trees grouped together etc etc

Each of their reports is accurate, but you wouldn't get the big picture until you assembled all of the information into one image of an elephant.

The forum does the same thing... it provides a collection of many views and experiences, none of which minimizes the other, but all of which contribute to additional understanding of the topic.

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