Exactly, lmackenzie. This isn't about panic. It's about spreading that information and hoping enough people will bother to notice. Yes, there are lots of computers not connected to the internet, but since the internet is getting to be a more and more important part of everyday commerce, there will be an ever-larger percentage connected. Unfortunately, as long as things like Linux don't run all the programs people want to use, are not 'plug & play' like windows, and require people to know some programming and be willing to do extensive 'tweaking' to their system, they won't get a really large share of the action. Joe user wants something that just does what he wants, and doesn't want to have to spend hour after hour setting everything up 'just right' so it will work. The average user feels mortally insulted if someone suggests he actually read a manual - no way he's gonna learn any amount of programming so he can 'tweak' his system to get it to run, he just wants to hit the switch and go. Linux/lindows developers need to get busy making it work, and people everywhere need to be informed of what's being done by MS et al. so they can know that there is in fact more than one choice.