Thanks for all your replies. Yes I do know there's nothing wrong with making a buck from free software, otherwise there'd be no Red Hat among other distributions, but I draw the line at Microsoft. I don't want anything to do with their stuff, including their ideas on how things should be run, like .Net. Call me paranoid, but I think .Net is just another way for big bill to slither his way around. I don't even like the idea of .Net compatibility. It's too risky. Microsoft doesn't create these ideas for fun and games. I think .Net is a trap and Gnome is walking right into it. But that's just my opinion. Again, thanks for the information.