Steve (Kent),
I realize that you've put a lot of work into PEM. That effort is both
valuable and admirable. It does appear that, even if at some time in the
past someone looked at what people really want from PEM, no one had
checked recently. Whenever a project takes a while, we have to keep
adjusting it to changes in the world around us.
We all get attached to our work. I certainly do. I doubt either you or I
could accomplish as much without doing so.
I think 76% is easily a "broadly-based consensus". As I've asked others,
please save the bandwidth here and send future flames via personal mail.
Doug