> An article I once read in the business section of
> either "Newsweek" or "U.S. News" suggested that a good business strategy
> was to think of a desirable business application and then buy the hardware
> that would best run it.

        There's an old 'Mythical Man Month' saying that's applicable
        to this thread:

                "The language and operating system that's best to
                 use is the language and operating system that your
                 best programmer knows best."

___Bob