Advantages of computer software are that it can speed up the sorting process, and can enable you to explore complex pathways that would be difficult to explore using cut and paste. It certainly provides a formal structure for storing the many forms of collected and created data as well as the ongoing analyses of these. But it can also make this more confusing, since often not all data can be stored in one program, and even those that can store multimedia cannot store your memory. Disadvantages are that it can cause you to dis tance yourself too much from your data as you allow the computer to make connections on your behalf. Some people use Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) to bring ethnographic analysis closer to quantitative analysis, as they count instances of phrases or events, or even interpretations. There has been considerable debate as to the extent to which CAQDAS is associated with grounded theory, so that Coffey, Holbrook and Atkinson (1996) worry about the neglect of other approaches in the development and use of software. Fielding and Lee (1998) alternatively believe the assertion that there is a link between grounded theory and CAQDAS has been overdrawn. Their research with users has shown that CAQDAS users take many different approaches.