Walter asks:

> John Clogg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  > Ah, but "persist" is a verb... just not a transitive one!
>
>  What's next, the passive voice?
>
>  "My data are persisted in an Image data base."

Actually, that's what the users of IMAGE have been trying to politely tell HP
for years now:

     "Our data persists!"

Perhaps there's a marketing campaign in there somewhere :-).

Wirt Atmar