You make the "real world" sound like it's a competition between Microsoft products and Unix-derived products. In reality, there are many OS's out there which fall into neither category and are more than capable (and in all cases more capable than Unix-like or Microsoft OS's) to do the real-world jobs that they do. And many of these OS's run quite nicely on classic hardware, to boot. Anyone who thinks that the OS issue is entirely limited to Unix-alikes vs Microsoft vs CP/M is putting on a very limiting set of blinders as to what is out there doing the real work in banks, offices, factories, labs, and hospitals. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927