<astronomer@mailinator.com> wrote in message 
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Martin 53N 1W wrote:

So are some people really so emotionally opposed to any form of change?
Or is all this angst just a kick-back from missed stats goals or a
disrupted personal routine?

All of the above.  There's also the feeling of loss of control.  I
figured I may as well be assimilated sooner rather than later, so I
downloaded BORG in 2004.  The software is ugly and obtuse, but like a
persistent rash, you get used to it.  If I could go back to my good ol'
CLI + SETIStash routine, I would in a shot - at least I felt in
control.  After all, it is *my* computer.  But, oh well, no point
kicking up a fuss.  If participating in S@H meant that I had to wear a
bucket of shit over my head, I'd do it because I would like to know if
we have cosmic company.  After all, if we never search...

ya i agree, when i first used boinc the software was ugly
it seemed bloaty and not very helpful, installed crap all over my computer, 
as a power user i liked the command line version
since it was new/beta-ish at the time i thought i'd get used to it, the 
server side reporting is so much better than classic

since then i'v been learning linux, the linux version is so much nicer than 
the windows one (as it's command line)

to an end user used to classic i can easy see how it would annoy them, it 
did me at the time somewhat