>Linux, but you want to retain MS Office. (Ideally we'd have a Linux >backbone and W2K terminals, but that costs mucho dinero.) a: you can't buy win2k or win2k licenses anymore b: samba does not support winXP as a client to it's PDC services. You can still access files on a samba share, but the network transparency and roaming user support (centrsally located account information and settings) goes away..... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020327/b91d96f5/attachment.pgp