Hi All, I think that we need to step back for a moment and look at this with a longer perspective. Here are a few random thoughts.... 1. I don't think anyone is suggesting that many schools need to move to the free admin software immediately; 2. This project is opening doors for people and allowing more choice; 3. There is a good philosophical and moral arguement for paying for support - not for the coding; 4. Openess about coding and file formats has to be a good idea; 5. The users might have some good ideas about what is needed and how it should be implemented; 6. The power of modern systems and the collaborative development processes that have emerged mean it is again possible for this user supported/designed approach to produce excellent software. Don't forget that most of the commercial products out there are developed from small user designed implementations. So let's not try to stop and innovative project like this. My view is that anyone who would like to be involved in the project should do so - in whatever way they want - and other people can watch to see if it becomes something they like! ===== rgds, Richard Rothwell -------------------------------------------------------------------- GNU and Wine are rirds. Rird is recursively defined. __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer