>Second, that thread was full of folks offering reasons. You have offered some good testimony here (in an earlier post) as to the pros and cons. I've got to tell you though, that to me, the tighter control that SPT provides is increasingly desirable as system size and complexity increases.

Thank you, that's what I was looking for. :-)

>I suppose that my wise-ass response to your question was due to my sense that this question was a) self-evident, and b) supported by previous posts.

Well, "Why?" was a bit of a smart-assed question to begin with. It was response to yet another post that simply restated the postulate, adding nothing to the discussion.