Hello Thoreau On 02-Sep-02, you wrote: >T I would give it a shot. Worst case scenario is that he simply >T shrugs PLUG off. Having some level of political backingcould easily >T work in favor of open source. That politician would love to be >T known for cutting IT costs for the state by using open source >T solutions. got to put a plug in for Dick Mahoney - when he was AZ Sec of State he returned 30% of his office's budget to the state - that ain't hay! Regards -- Rich Woods RealPix/RealtyNet P.O. Box 54335 Phoenix, AZ 85078 602-867-3310 rww@realpix.com Visit Our Award Winning Site! http://www.realpix.com The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me, by newspapers and the Bible. -- Van Wyck Brooks