"dsilva" <[log in to unmask]> wrote > I still insist on spending your scarce budget dollars on enhancing a variety of skills instead of staying limited to the mpeix operating system. More often than not projects require a mix bag of tools and operating systems to make them a reality. < I think you are "preaching to the choir" on this one. If you talk to other HP 3000 programmers you will find that many of us are not staying limited to MPE/iX. Many of us are working with multiple platforms. - Cortlandt - P.S. Are you subscribed to the the SIG Consult listserver?