> Unimportant compared to big firms maybe but there were quite a few small > firms like us in the area. not necessarily true. I know of several large companies that have considered CatiaV5 on NT. Initially they were sold on the NT is so cheap sales pitch. they were told "Oh it will run on your Windows PCs!". then it changed to, "Oh I'm sorry, you'll have to upgrade to NT$.0 of better. and by the way that hardware is just too old to do". the cost just kept adding up to more and more. "Oh you want 3D solids too?, well that's extra" Seems they and most of the industry is sticking to V4/AIX for many years to come. times are tight, everyone is trying to save money. -- Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS, and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/list/cad-linux