>>>>the product must be evaluated for what it does
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>>In the land of the free and the home of the brave we become leery whenever we see "must be"
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>Well one can evaluate it or not. But if one does evaluate any product then surely it should be evaluated on its capabilities in respect to it's intended purpose?
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>>>>>You got me curious about WinDev so I decided to take a peek. I followed this link, http://www.windev.com/windev/ebook/index.html and the first though that popped into my mind was, "they sure like to put attractive women and/or womens' parts in their brochures" :) I'm not complaining mind you LOL
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>>>>- The company is French
>>>>- Sex sells
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>>>>C'est de rigueur!
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>>>It is, of course, true. Go to any car show - it's not men lounging on the bonnets :) But also I think that Europe is more liberal about sex and sexuality. Perhaps their marketing dept. are trying to appeal to the mainly male dominated programming community. Who knows but either way its irrelevant - the product must be evaluated for what it does, not the gloss they stick in their brochures.