I never actually used an ThinkTank, but I did get a copy of GrandView back in about 1992. I thought of it today because a guy was showing me Q&A (also by Symantec) and I suddenly remembered it. God, I wish they had released a Windows version of it, because I would probably still be using it today.

I searched for "outliner" on Google and found you guys. There was something else listed that looked like it works with outlines using XML as its storage format. This would be awesome. XML is a perfect fit for this kind of duty - completely non-relational data, organized for transfer and communication. With a proper DTD, it would be a snap. Oh, to have the time to do this!

Now you're preaching to the choir, I think. Certainly with me, anyway. I love(d) GrandView and have often shared your wish that they'd developed a Windows version. A lot of people still use GrandView in DOS mode. I have trouble with that -- not technically, but just in my head. For me the power of GrandView is how seamless it is -- that is, how I could just forget about it and think, write and organize. Switching back and forth between DOS and Windows destroys that seamlessness for me. It's a shame though -- I don't think there's ever been a better piece of software than GrandView.

Steve Z.
Burlington, VT
zeoli@champlain.edu