I don't care for the compact flourescents one bit...don't like the kind of light they give...and I will continue to use the old style bulbs as long as I possibly can...but I do use a few flourescents in certain locations where I don't have to be under their unpleasant light for very long.

The long lifetime they are advertising for the flourescents is highly exaggerated, by the way, if I can go by the ones I've used.