>>> >>> Mind those references to the "older generation". There >>>are a lot of us "older" IT folks who are already into Linux >>>as a production platform & would like to replace Microsludge >>>with Linux worldwide. Where do you expect SQL Server customers to run their databases? Does Microsoft really have to perish for Linux to be successful? That sounds like the marketing drive of a certain company I know. "It is not sufficient that I succeed, everyone else must fail" Linux is ready for production because it is at the developmental stage of good Unix derivates circa 1995. And believe me, there was a lot of production Unix in 1995...that is the older generation talking... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l