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On 11/25/2015 5:20 AM, BartC wrote:

> it seems to be more lucrative to write thicker user manuals, and provide
> longer training courses, than to make software simpler.

If that were true, certainly by now the sufficiently thick manual would 
provide crystal clear explanations.  :)

I-don't-think-obfustication-is-the-point-ly y'rs,

Emile