My recent harddrive crashes (four times in three months) forced me to reinstall a lot of softwares on several machines. As a side-benefit, I get to upgrade all my softwares to the the latest versions. For the most part, this is a good thing. For example, Vim is now in version 7; WinMerge has seen a lot of improvement in its user interface; and Ipe 6pre26 actually works very nicely. I have also upgraded Miranda, FreeMind, TortoiseSVN and 7-zip. I thank the authors/contributors of these softwares and many others that I do not have the time to list. I know how much effort it takes. Thank you!
But then, there are also other “developments”. The most notable one is TexPoint. I think version 2.0.3 is the one I had and is the last free version. I also notice that GSView now has a “nag screen”. But its licence suggests that no payment is required. In any case, I still want to thank the authors of these softwares. They have indeed made my life better.
