>> At any rate I stand by my position that in tech if you are going to >> put an opinion piece out on a mailing list, a blog or another medium >> it should be relevant to the current situation and not something you >> tried a year ago and didn't work out great so you advise others to >> steer clear a year later without checking to see what progress, if >> any, has been made in that area. > > Agreed, but a large part of that opinion and one of the most helpful > pieces of information for others relates to how stable a project is over > a long period of time. Of course it is hard to predict the future, but > the past is often a good indicator. If we weren't all interested in > stability, we probably wouldn't be subscribed to this particular mail list. > Agreed - and given the OP has got the info he wanted (and more no doubt!) I think we should let it rest on that good point... James