Indeed interesting - We'll be expecting lots of help from you then! :-) The main problem for schools is (paradoxically) lack of money, they are willing to throw money at expensive systems that are easy to understand -If you've seen Win3.xx then you can play with confidence with 95, 98 & NT and have a good idea of what it's all about. What they won't do is spend money on someone who is able to configure/maintain systems that are alien to them (they all have windows at home). Those also on the RM list server may have already seen an intellectual difference in the content (mine aside), What is this telling us? To my mind they are paying peanuts to maintain expensive equipment. And it's very much a case of monkey see monkey do in schools! There is also a wish to keep children in the same environment that they have at home - Teachers aren't known for delving into the unknown. - It makes sense, Office at home, office at school, office in the workplace. What we need is an OS that is transparent, cheap, difficult to hack and easy to maintain, LINUX appears to be offering two or three out of four at the moment. Kind Regards Adrian Wells _______________________________________ Systems Manager Sidcot School Oakridge Lane, Winscombe, Somerset BS25 1PD. Please reply to adrian.wells@sidcot.org.uk admin@sidcot.org.uk for general enquiries