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EDS (my mistype) is Ross Perot's company and they now have a signed contract with the Dept. of Navy to take over the LANs and pretty much every other aspect of computers and thier maintainance. NMCI is the arm of the company doing it. The contract is for an astronimical amount of money and the closest comparison is the Borg: they are coming in, taking all exisiting equipment, replacing it with a 'one size fits all' desktop and charging you handsomely for both the replacement and every little thing you want to do with it. Nobody has a choice in the matter either...like it or not, they will be assimilated. NMCI has dubbed themselves the 'NMCI Strike Force' and they think they're going to do all troubleshooting over the phone. The contract was pushed through relatively quietly and caught a whole lot of higher-up types off guard and not much has been said about it in the normal papers and such either. This one with the Navy is just the first step...eventually it will spread to nearly all branches, not just DOD, though the Air Force has said that at least for the moment they have no intention of going that route. Ever wonder what the real reason for Ross Perot stepping down Jeff -- Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems: Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757