On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:58:35PM -0800, Preston Crawford wrote: [...] > pumped out. But I absolutely will not be forced to pay $100+ per year > for my loan desktop when there are alternatives. Hell, Sun X86 is > probably cheaper than that. Solaris 9/x86 *is* a lot cheaper - you can download it for free and get a free licence for x86 (under certain conditions - see Sun's site) and patches are free, too... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!"