Perhaps the ulterior motive (from reading the previous posts), is so many people are going to be negatively impacted without MetaLink Classic being available, support will get fewer SR's, therefore mid-level management can tell Larry "See, the product and our new support option have drastically reduced the number of SR's filed, therefore our product is becoming easier to use and less buggy". -- -- Bill Ferguson -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l