Thanks for the comments.

I've had a number of conversations with folks in my local community regarding the 'most appropriate' OS. It's really quite phenomenal how folks are willing to share ideas with you. The comments on this forum, friends around town; you know, sometimes you just have to realize how rare and really special sharing can be. It's a lost commodity for most these days. My hat's off to you all.

Like I said, I'm a content guy. I'm a doctor actually just looking to write a utility for my office. If I need the utility so do others. If I can sell a few copies of the utility to recoup my cost, all the better. In fact, that's my goal. So although I may not write the code, I'll need to be familiar with the code and OS to tweek it and support it.

But while I climb the learning curve I've learned a couple of things.

First, who's your end user. What sort of OS are they accustom to using.

Second, are you really limited with 'closed architecture'? Sure, open architecture may allow you the freedom to write script that can function beyond the margin of what an 'out of the box' tool may provide. But is the learning curve worth it?

Bottom line...I'm sticking with Windows for the short term. It's funny, one of the guys I talked to about Linux was really impressed with it. He's also one of my fishing buddies. But the interesting thing is that he only fishes with fly rods that he builds himself....follow my drift?

Oman