PLEASE....talk to the guys at Coral! They have been putting out some ideas in this area.
PS: I'm not (yet) a developer, I'd like to learn more about the 'nuts and bolts' of the distribution and programming specifics for linux (I've been playing around with gtk++ and VDK for a while now) before I would even consider it. I currently write stuff for an NT platform under C++ using the Rational Rose OO modeling tool, so I agree with your idea of using C++ for this work. GOOD LUCK! === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or ..... _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com