I am curious about the reasons that folk use Linux. This article expresses _one_ issue I value highly. "Biology Stirs Software 'Monoculture' Debate" University of New Mexico biologist Stephanie Forrest and Mike Reiter of Carnegie-Mellon University have received a $750,000 National Science Foundation grant to explore methods to automatically diversify software code. The work stems from the belief that in computer networks, just as in ... http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2004-6/0218w.html#item7 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2004/02/16/biology_stirs_software_monoculture_debate/ And yes I have both xemac and emacs loaded ;-) -- T o m M i t c h e l l mitch48-at-sbcglobal-dot-net