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>>knowing how to write is indeed rare, but I fear that creative fiction is hardly the vehicle for software evaluation… << I didn't see anything in the review that could be considered creative fiction so I'm not sure what you're basing your comment on. The rating is questionable but then its a generic rating based on criteria that is subjective at best IMO. What do you expect from a periodical? His article is certainly as fair as any I've seen and given that most of them show products in their best light, I think the review covered what needed to be covered in a very insightful way… Now the real question is, do you think people would buy a periodical if it pointed out the flaws in a product? And from a legal standpoint isn't there a question of libel even if the product is flawed? Course it has to be proven that there's an "intent of malice" but it does have a chilling effect on full disclosure… Ethical journalism 101 John