Hi there --

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You are kidding right?

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From a server perspective, Linux is a major player today, not in x >>years.

You are right from a server perspective. I guess I was referring to it as a standard desktop OS, like Windows or OSX.

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You need to read some of Fred's postings. They are very >>informative, and many talk about corporate acceptance.

I'm the only one at my company who uses linux on the job. Everyone else is using windows 2000 professional.

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Oracle has announced plans for 100% elimination of Sun Servers in >>favor of Linux.

I'm not a big fan of Oracle. I think they charge too much money for "bells and whistles".

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Many major corporations have also made very public statements about >>there plan to use the 2.6.x kernel for core systems.

Thats great, I hope that linux takes over as predominant OS in the workplace.

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Personally, my company's main customer is major automotive >>manufacturer.

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We implemented a Java Servlet based system in 1999.

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In 1999, we were given one choice: WinNT

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I am currently under a corporate deadline to move off of WinNT (MS >>is ending support July 1). The major corporation approved choices for a Java Server platform: >>Solaris (Sun), Redhat, SuSE.

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Note the absence of MS in that list.

This is no surprise. Microsoft got into a big law suit with Sun over this very issue. I think Microsoft considers Sun's Java a threat to its big .NET enterprise. ~~Nick _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!