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Ben, I think the number of Unix installations and users would not support your contentions. It is nearly impossible to find a univerity that is not running Unix; all major manufacturing/aerospace and architectural design firms that require high powered CAD and CAM run on Unix. A version or Unix, POSIX, is the Space station operating system. All space station software is being developed on Apollo worksations that have both the berkeley and 5.4 versions of Unix on them. You cannot be a serious software engineer, network user, or large scale system user without running into Unix. It is not a niche operating system. Between it and VMS, IBM's OS/MVS and variants are on the decline. Even IBM supports unix in micro, mini and mainframe versions now. BTW – I ain't necessarily a Unix fan, but to survive in the industry I've run into it too many times in DTP, CAD, CAM, network, Communications, etc. to be able to maintain ignorance of it and make a living – My observation is that it is everywhere. In that light, I think CBM needs to get the Amiga shrink wrap Unix on the shelfs – NOW. wmc