Hello, fellow teamers... Here is a new argument that I found instrumental in discussions with some of my new (prospective) clients. Might be useful to some of you. A number of companies have been developping custom solutions on PCs in VB or (better to my taste) Delphi under Windows. Now, an increasing number of their clients are asking for programs under Linux. And they do have a problem... You come and explain that a combination of Ada+Gtk or Tcl/TK allows for developments that are portable between Windows and Linux. It does raise an interest.... FWIW --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen ([log in to unmask]) Visit Adalog's web site at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/adalog