[Bush2000]

The reason the OS is so important is that everything else my self-esteem hinges on it.

There. Fixed it for you.

[chilepepper]

Not quite. The only irons I have in this fire are fair play...and an abhorence of software that creates a security nightmare.

I use Windows every day, reluctantly, have to fix Windows problems every day, reluctantly. I get much more done with my Linux, Solaris, SUNOS, and the newer OpenBSD and OS X boxes.