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From: braum@Sol33.essex.ac.uk (Branscombe M P C)
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the differences between commercial software and free/shareware are - backup services. guarantees. fixing bugs in the code 5 years later. teaching you how to use the product. updates

If I can get an expensive expert system shell from a company that will continue to support the product, or a free system from I-don't-know-where with no-one to help in even six months time - what should I invest my programming effort in?
Mary Branscombe
(disclaimer - well I claim I wrote dis)