Why did I decide to make PLies?

and my personal views

What do I like?

XLSies output is just great
SlideMaker simple input html format
Solutions which are Perl-based

What I don't like?

Java-based XML solutions
dependency on external Perl libs

What do I have?

an itch (think as Raymond's-like itch)
many slides made in SlideMaker
need for something better