<s>
Beyond	B-Language
Compare	I-Language
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
data	B-Application
comparison	I-Application
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
comparing	O
files	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
doing	O
side-by-side	O
comparison	O
of	O
directories	B-Application
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
and	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
directories	B-Application
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
directories	B-Application
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
S3	I-General_Concept
directories	B-Application
,	O
and	O
archives	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
strength	O
of	O
Beyond	B-Language
Compare	I-Language
is	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
as	O
difftool	O
and	O
mergetool	O
of	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
such	O
as	O
git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
April	O
2009	O
review	O
,	O
Beyond	B-Language
Compare	I-Language
was	O
awarded	O
four	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
by	O
CNET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
initially	O
found	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
be	O
"	O
a	O
little	O
overwhelming	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
quickly	O
got	O
the	O
hang	O
of	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
after	O
using	O
the	O
program	O
for	O
a	O
little	O
while	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	B-Language
Compare	I-Language
was	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
March	O
2005	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
IT	O
Pro	O
magazine	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
What	O
's	O
Hot	O
"	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
predefined	O
rules	O
are	O
included	O
for	O
the	O
comparison	O
of	O
common	O
file	O
types	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Gibson	O
of	O
GRC	O
recommended	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
really	O
cool	O
...	O
very	O
smart	O
Windows-based	O
source	O
comparison	O
tool	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
