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Miguel, Ya, the conservative route is the way decisions are made, in industry and the public sector. I would think, though, that if one product is strong & cost effective enough it might be a viable option. The cost of products like CDTV seem to be low enough that one could convince the buyers that it's just like a VCR they might be convinced to go for it. I can see why they wouldn't want to go for a Video disk system because you are looking at the player, a computer, monitor and someone to set it up. But a single, low cost, EASY to use unit has definite advantages. You hand the teacher the box and he/she hooks it up to the TV that is already available. Come to think of it, I'm surprised C= hasn't gone that route already. Apparently PROJ2 for the Director will be out soon. From what I know, there won't be a full upgrade, only an AGA module. I was amazed at the price of the authoring s/w. Of course, products like IQuest (around $4 K) is a complete system for developing very complex knowledge bases & CBT applications. It doesn't do Hypermedia but apparently it does everything else. I've decided that "C is for Me" and I have a self-tutorial book on it to work on over the summer. As far as I can "C" it's absolutely necessary to at least have a working understanding. Ug! BTW, I've decided NOT to go with this CD project. There were too many unknowns and it was not in a field that I had little interest in. Perhaps if it had been last year… I'm going to learn C, as I mentioned, and develop a prototype of my current product. The future is not as secure, perhaps, but at least it's what I wanna do. Ya gotta go for what ya love! So, I guess I'll call my self a "Project Developer". It's good to know where you stand in life, even if it's in quicksand. 8) So the stuff you are doing now are electronic in nature? If so, are they CD, VD or FD based? On average, how long might a project take from inspiration to completion (how big is the world 8) ) Till next time, Andrew