OMG... didn't he learn from the miserable failure of the ASP industry that tried to do this 7 years ago? There were about 7 companies out that tried to "lease" Office..all gone today. People want to own their software. (or at least a license to it.) Good luck on changing that mentality. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Gates_We_re_entering_live_era_of_software/0,2000061733,39220359,00.htm JK