Suffice it to say that Win is the prevalent O/S in the market and that it also has it's own set of problems on a somewhat regular basis because it's running on a computer that runs misbehaved programs that either force it to it's knees or make it stupid. Don't misunderstand, I think Win 32 apps are great for anything that requires bitmapped graphics, which we all love. From a pure number crunching standpoint however, I'll take non-graphic multiuser platforms anytime over Win. They both have their places to coexist in the world.