Intel has practically killed off Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, PowerPC... and now SPARC: http://www.sun.com/2007-0122/feature/index.jsp?intcmp=hp2007jan22_intel_live So much for a free market and technological superiority. -- If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity.