Thank you - Jay

I am not a developer of any sort. In fact, I am a geographer, and normally I wouldn't give a hoot about any of the above back-and-forth regarding software development. However, I do care about giving credit where credit is due. And, I'm a fan of civilized discourse. Accordingly, I give lots of kudos to both the above developers and the person who showed the developers what's what. Kudos to unicks for sticking to his/her guns and proving his/her point with grace (i.e. without taking it personally and devolving into name calling). Kudos to goodtime_nicemac for 1) writing a nice application; 2) defending their product without being too dickey (though at first it looked as if they might); 3) accepting that they made a mistake, could learn a thing or two from a veteran, and taking responsibility for it; and 4) fixing it with grace. Your back-and-forth was a pleasure to read, especially since I'm right now doing research in Southeast Turkey where nearly everyone (even the women) gets extraordinarily bent out of shape at the smallest slight. Your back-and-forth is a testament to the power of civil discourse.

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