I'm sorry ahead of time but sometimes I just can't help myself. When I hear someone talking about how underfunded the education system is I just can't help it. <WARNING BIG HONKIN RANT> If I can beleive what I hear on the radio Minnesota will spend between 7 and 10 Billion (yeah that's a B) dollars on public education in the next two years. http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/052399skul.htm Minneapolis spends $15,000 per school year per student. Public funding for K-12 education increased 802 million dollars for the 2000-2001 budget. http://www.finance.state.mn.us/bb/adptd00-01.html In 2003 the U of M is slated to get nearly 1 billion in state funding, you can get the PDF here: (check out page B-89) http://morefinance.state.mn.us/budget/operating/20022003/recommendedrequests/billhed.shtml The average teacher makes $35K a year to start and after ten years can make $70K a year, they have a 1200 hour work year. ( I bet you work over 2000 hours in a year.) I wish I could be so underpaid. </END OF BIG HONKIN RANT> Sorry, sorry, sorry. Spencer J Sinn wrote: I am > sure our underpaid education system would like to save money with something like > Linux and OSS so they can spend their money on important things (like integration > races ;) -- Yadda, yadda, yadda