moin, moin, looks like m$ is learning from Chicago politics... Saw this after reading the Intel make Linux compiler article above it. http://www.tomshardware.com/technews/index.html#0100 Skip to the 2nd paragraph, specifically starting at the link to the Seattle Times. The Seattle Times article, however, shows that it isn't m$ directly that's pulling it. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134332634_microlob23.html ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # It's up to the reader to make the book interesting. # An author has only the opportunity to make it uninteresting. - der.hans