On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:36 +0100, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> >In my professional work tool issues are a VERY big part of
> >my wasted time, as such my tolerance for sub par tool quality
> >isn't very high. If a tool keeps wasting my time I simply
> >switch to another. After all, I'm not being paid to be their
> >beta testers, why should I spend my time being one?
> 
> Hmm, is tool swapping really a solution? 

In my experience yes. I find that when a tool starts becoming "cranky"
the competitors step up to capture market share. It's a sort of yo-yo
effect. 

> After all having found a bug, you
> know how to work around it. Swapping to another similar tool may well have
> you using a tool that has other bugs still to be revealed.

As I've said before, ONE bug isn't much of an issue with me. It's when a
tool starts having multiple bugs that I start looking for an
alternative.

TTYL

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