> He has asked me this simple question: Suppose > that he gets some > work done at work under Excel, Word or Corel and > he wants to > continue the same work at home where he has a Linux > machine. What > chances has he got in porting is work from the Dos > environment to > Linux. Hy, I have found it very easy to open and use Excel and Word files from windows with StarOffice in Linux. Also, Wordperfect for Linux handles Word files nicely. Haven't tried it with Excel, though. Point out to your friend how silly it is to have one company in charge of all the desktops in the world. Tell him about the viruses that rage through systems that rely on that company. adios, STeve _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com