Many thanks to all who responded. I will check out the sites I have been given. I need to ask a kind of stinky question now, knowing that this is a penguin site, is there any way to run M$ Office or QuickBooks from Linux? These are the software packages he has told us the so-called client is currently using, and if not, are there Linux compatible packages that would be similar enough to migrate over quickly by reasonably computer literate bookies.... oooooppppssss I mean book keepers and managers? Thanks again for the help. Cliff