Why do you think you will have success when so many development projects have failed so miserably?\n<\/ul>\nI hope this will help me answer some of my own questions concisely, and maybe some else will enjoy it too.<\/p>\n
Expect the first version to be on-line some time early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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