Re:I will try to stay on topic (Score 1)

Ah... I have been dragged way off topic... but Calgary was not always a Microsoft town. I remember the days when geophysical data was crunched and displayed with SGIs (pre-O2 and Octane time). At the time I worked for a great company that was innovative and cutting edge. What happened? Well, Microsoft walked through the door flashing money and said "We'll sponsor a project using our technology." From that moment on it was less and less about finding the best solution for the project and more about using "our new partner's innovative" technology. On the up-side, Calgary has the western Canada Java development center and a decent CompSci program at the UofC where James Gosling did undergrad. Oh, please don't flame me because I love Java... I love Linux too!