The article has its ups and downs - but it was informative to those, like myself, who don't dwell on comparing apps, using what's available on the system-at-hand. That being said, some comparisons are indeed worthless, such as version numbers. If it had any meaning, one could easily spin the reverse tact: Gnome is so good it doesn't need constant refurbishment . . . but ver no. is a dumb point. So were some others. On MSWindows systems I load SeaMonkey. I'm not so much interested in fluff. I want control of my privacy and security . . . but bells, whistles, and eye-candy are, in fact, just that. How much of the arguments presented are just defense of their own favorite toys? How easy it is to get along without them! Stability? Gt vs GTK+ ? Which browswer crashes more (did I just provoke another frivolous yet ferocious fan fight?). Throwing out the irrelevant, Gnome seemed to come out a bit ahead - but I don't care mcuh. Adapt. Stop complaining about free donuts just because they have holes in them! Even were they to learn and improve from one anothers weakness and strengths, wouldn't you want them both to prosper? »