1. Nud.ist became QSR NVivo many years ago. Much changed. 2. I am not a proponent of any but a general warning: While all programs are subject to disappearing without notice, I would be careful of any that are new-ish start-ups, in case they don't have longevity. You'd then be stuck with a a non-upgradeable program, or even worse, some thing that lived on the little cloud that died (apologies to Johnny Mathis) NVivo, Atlas-TI, MaxDA (sp?) have been around for years. I don't know about the others. I haven't used any in quite a while, so no comments on what to choose. Happy Almost Victoria Day! Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ FRSC INSNA Founder University of Toronto http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $9 _______________________________________________________________________