This is a very interesting thread. Seens that Billy has already manouvered to address the Unix issue in a temporary manner with OpenNT a unix emulator that works at the kernal level with NT. Now his little company is even handing out free Unix software. Now isnt this a novel concept. I really dont know much about this as I only ran across this site the other night and dont use NT. Im just a personal user of Linux, and love it. If anyone were to review this site and do a detailed comparison of this system vis a vis SuSE Linux this would be interesting. see <A HREF="http://www.softway.com/OpenNT/home.htm"><A HREF="http://www.softway.com/OpenNT/home.htm</A">http://www.softway.com/OpenNT/home.htm</A</A>> In my mind, this is a threat to Linux. SuSE and other distributions, simply by the fact that the typical user is slowley being intriduced to a Unix platform from a very simple and familiar platform. IMHO while the the win 32 thing may not be an issue for advanced users, or Linux enthusiasts, it is an issue of marketshare which simply means exposure. Aagain, in IMHO, this needs to be addressed by the Linux community in order for Linux to continue its meteoric rise to fame. IMHO Chris h -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e