Just an FYI - it seems that IBM will now sell and offer support contracts on Solaris on some of their servers: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9031063&intsrc=hm_list This is the first time a third-party would sell Solaris on their machines, though I'm not quite sure how this is balanced against the free availability of Solaris... Lionel