Erm, I think there is something that nobody has really said here in relation to the article. It is not a level playing field! The guy says it takes longer to install SuSE 9.3 than XP. What sort of install was it? Even a basic SuSE install gives you a wide range of software besides the OS. By this I mean full office software. Does XP? Nope. Then let's take a look at hardware comaptibility. If the hardware manufacturers wrote drivers for Linux then yes, it could be compared like for like with Microsoft software. Until then it cannot be. This is not SuSE's fault or Novell's it is part of a bigger argument about M$ and their business practises. It affects me as I have hardware that will not run under Linux, I accept this and just look forward to the day that the manufacturers have sense. After all, I have a television which picks up the 5 terrestrial stations here in the UK. If I want SKY I have to buy a SKY box. So I can't compare my tv to a tv that will pick up SKY broadcasts. But this is what so many people do with Linux and M$. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR