Udo,
read -> think -> reply! (Wish I could always comply with this rule).
1. I have no objection against comparisons, even if they are not in favor of
my "favorite".
2. I never wanted to discuss Barry's personal opinion. I did not even want
to discuss, if misinformation should be published.
3. You are quite right with your description of Winmax!-)
4. You and many others know that ATLAS.ti and Nud*ist can do X and can do Y,
but the Barry article is directed towards those who often have no idea at all.
5. I would like to support your last statement concerning preview by
developers but this could be an obstacle to get anything written by free
authors.
Some topics that could be worth discussing:
* Appropriateness of QDA tools for specific methodologies or purposes
* Helpful and not so helpful metaphors and artifacts
* Which are the essential and real-world predictors for choosing a software
in the end?
* Are there "user types" relevant for choosing software ?
* What should be improved ?
* What is missing ?
* How do the different tools handle complex projects?
* What comprises complex projects ?
Remember, to discuss such topics is one legitimation for this list.
Regards
- Thomas
At 16:56 12.10.98 +0200, you wrote:
>Christine Barry has written an article that compares Atlas and NUDIST and the
>result is that one of the developers is not satisfied with the her
judgements. So,
>what! This seems to be quite normal and of course every developer wants to see
>his/her package on the top (by the way winMAX is far better than NUDIST and
easier
>than Atlas !-). To me it seems not very fruitful to discuss if Christine
Barry's
>opinion is right or wrong. Comparisons of software packages have always
subjective
>elements. I would recommend to anyone to download the demo versions of the
>programs and make their own experiences.
>Of course, most of us know that is completely nonsense that Atlas only allows
>simple boolean searches, but should we "discuss" about it? To avoid
>misunderstandings the publisher of such papers should give a draft of the
articles
>to the developers and get their feedback before printing.
>So far
>Udo
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