Caissus: Caissus, I reacted to your post before because it seemed to me that it says (in other words) "the best way to deal with the fact that many people are using programs is to use a program yourself so that the chances are even". For my part, I have to say that it is much better for me if there are cheaters on the site (people using SW and not admitting it) than if let's say, 60% of chess players would be using SW, admitting it openly and thus forcing the others into using SW as well. This is the way I saw your proposal and it frightened me.
After all, I do not see the point of the programs at all - using a program turns an exciting game into administrative work and as for rating, how can one be happy about his/her rating, knowing that it is not his/her own achievement ?