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In most cases, programmers are

c) brutally overworked such that they don't have the time or mental energy to create documentation.

That, and documentation doesn't equal "dollars" to the management, who must think "Who cares if a program is comprehensive to use, as long as it's flashy enough for our marketers to sell". I only wish I knew enough to contribute answers (and experiment results) to Usenet like so many people do.

More bad news about spyware in the security newsletters (CoolWebSearch bearing brilliant keyloggers, over-long registry entries appear invisible, etc) has not made me feel any better about the IT world. If software wasn't so damn complex, spyware might not be able to get a foothold (and organized crime would be forced back to good ol' bilking and persuasion instead of raw information harvesting). I assume Unix and Linux subscribe to the following concept, but for everything else: "If it IS broke, don't sweep it under the rug by creating a shiny new version with a whole new set of problems... and fix it." Not ment as an insult to all the programmers in this audience.
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