So here we are. Developing free applications. The point in all this is trying to have under a single hood as much utilities as possible. What a fool! You might think. Aren't there enough utilities? Ok, touché, I wouldn't say no. But let me ask you some things:

• When you enter your agenda, do you have all your contacts? Including these with whom you make business, your friends, family, co-workers, summer holiday friends --I'm not asking how you did it, don't misunderstand me.

• How many times do you login? And how many of these times login is done through the web?

• Does your project management system know resources from a common base?

• If you ever change your email, in how many places will you need to change configuration, if able at all?

• Is your knowledge base where you introduce your public notes, work experiences? Well, maybe I should ask before if you have where to introduce those things.

The list could grow at no predictable end. We know that, don't we? So, we gather our experiences and try to do something reasonable, with a reasonable deadline. But, how could we possibly achieve this?

With faith ...joking, or it seems so. At least, something like hope accompanied me when I first attempted to find an easy solution. I do believe in easy things, that much. That's why XMLPortal 3.0 its core is simpler than previous versions. And why many responsibility had moved from core to components, and why utilities grown even under the keyboard.

My apologies if enthusiasm had burst far so much.