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Subject: Re: OT: GUI [was:]Ann: TeXCAD 4.1
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Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote:
:> No, actually some people pay for software.
: 
: If you pay 500-600 euro for a software that does not give you any
: additional features

Have you looked at the software you are talking about?

: but only a slightly different GUI, then either 1)
: you are not paying or 2) you have too much money or 3) you extemely
(The essentials cost just about 80)
: picky about unimportant details.

(featuring normative ontology; slightly arrogant intended or not)
This brings us the software that is not respecting the rule,
"Know what the *users* of the system need/want."
It isn't the *programmer* who decides what is an important detail to a
graphics artist (in the case of a pictures editting program).

If these details aren't part of the requirements specification
what kind of users do you have in mind for your programs?