cool article by Neil Stephenson at http://www.cryptonomicon.com - see "In the Beginning" - which describes operating systems by analogy to cars, and other literary devices. He likens Linux to an M1 tank, "made of space-age materials and jammed with sophisticated technology from one end to the other". BeOS: The Batmobile. It's been done before, but never this well. A techno-literate poet's view. Phil Plumbo | Printware, Inc. | psp at printwareinc.com | 1270 Eagan Industrial Rd. | voice: 651-456-1400 http://printwareinc.com | St. Paul, MN 55121 USA | fax: 651-454-3684 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org