#PORTING
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I agree with virtually everything you say. When I refer to porting I mean
creating a piece of software that 1) will handle files, macros, etc. created
on the original and vica versa, 2) will have all the powerful features (and
more) of the original and 3) has enough design and functional similarity
despite a totally unique interface that a user of the original will feel at
home with it. I am much more interested in creating a unique Amiga package
than in paying to port over existing software, but I think that business
users will, at first, want to see their ols favorites — or good clones. Chris