Derrill wrote: > ... That, and I like BSD better because if I have a serious > problem, my brother in law knows a bunch of devs and can > speak their language, so a solution is generally forthcoming. Seems to me that if you need to know someone who speaks the language in order to successfully use an OS, there's a direct relationship between the objective usefulness of a platform and the availabilty of "translators" amongst your friends and family. Better to have readily available and accessible reference materials. Then again, the barrier is just transferred to knowing how to effectively mine the reference materials. This has always been a talent of mine, so I tend to discount the difficulty. People tell me they have difficulty with TechNet and MSDN. Personally I find them wonderfully rich sources of information and much easier to navigate than other vendor sites I use on a regular basis. Of course, I know next to nothing about Linux or BSD. I do have a book or two and would have a glimmer of an idea as to where to start looking, but I'd probably be starting with Google on almost every question. Casey