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Chip Camden writes:

>  > If you want to definitively ascertain the popularity of an application,
>  > just remove it from the ports structure and see how many users complain.
>
>  There could be quite a delay in that reaction -- it might not hit
>  home until the port needs to be rebuilt.

	It is also possible it is only important to a fairly small
number ... but to those it is absolutely crucial.


				Robert Huff