[disgruntledphd2]

The problem is that people (non-technical mostly), put tabs in fields, and then you have all the problems that the article notes.

[ElevenLathe]

I personally find that this happens (a lot) less often than with commas or quote characters.

[disgruntledphd2]

That's fair, but it only takes one to mess up the rest of the file.

[ElevenLathe]

Agreed, that's why it's not good for production processes.