Letter duly sent... I selected Owen Lynch - Chief Executive of Becta - as my target. If anyone wants a copy of my letter please let me know. I've used this line... 'My understanding of current government policy is to consider Free, Libre and "Open Source Software solutions alongside proprietary ones in IT procurements". This last is quote from the statement by Cabinet Office Minister of State, Douglas Alexander MP.' ===== rgds, Richard Rothwell -------------------------------------------------------------------- rind (n) acronym for 'rind is not defined' ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html