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Mark Lu writes:

>  So, why is there a move to find a replacement or something?
>  Software shouldn't be replaced for the sole reason of being old
>  if it works, right?

	As I understand the discussion: among others, because there are
features people want to add that don't fit in the current model.
(Personally, I think there are also points where the correct user
behavior is not intuitively obvious.)


					Robert Huff