"The researchers questioned over 130 firms and also found that 45% of enterprises will be using Linux to run critical applications by 2011" Man, I'd love to get into the research-analyst business - pretending that what you're doing is pure science and nothing whatsoever to do with hunch and human emotion. I don't know about you but I've answered survey questions in the affirmative in the past, either because I didn't know a great deal about the subject and didn't want to seem ignorant (i.e. it sounded like the right answer) or because I'd simply got out of bed the wrong side and was doing my level best to screw up the survey. Do you think the analysts weeded me out? Not every time, I bet. Besides, if you ask me today if my organisation will be running anything mission critical on Linux in three years' time, I'll give you a far more convincing prediction about the winner of Sunday's 3.40 at Kempton. My using Linux at home doesn't really have a bearing, but what I do know is that the chances of Linux getting a foot in the door probably increases with every pseudo-techie, non-evidence-providing, Linux-hyping article the directors read. 'The Toynbee Convector' springs to mind... -- modified at 9:09 Tuesday 9th January, 2007