At 08:35 AM 3/15/98 -0800, you wrote: [snip] I have a copy of Bill's "Software for the masses" interview around here somewhere. It's really funny, because if you read it, he has basically advocated "Top 40" bloatware from day one. No one should be surprised--I mean, Microshaft has always intended it's products to be "toasterware," as easy as plugging toast into a toaster--that is, if you want to write a letter to Aunt Minny or play Solitaire from 9am to 5pm every day. I think that if the various Linux distros could polish up their docs and improve their online support, we could put a lot of pressure on Gates to rethink his crapware strategy. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there is a dark corner in a sub-basement somewhere in Redmond where a small team of hackers are already working on a potential Microsoft Linux distribution, just in case. I'm taking bets on Netscape doing the same thing--a complete Linux distribution with Communicator/Navigator, as well as a complete office suite and Netscape http server bundle. As soon as the masses forget about Barksdale's appearance in D.C., that is. -- David Wollmann | dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com | Support for legacy IBM products. DST ibmhelp.com Technical Support | Data, document and file conversion for IBM http://www.ibmhelp.com/ | legacy file and media formats.