R P Herrold wrote: > > oh please -- move advocacy to a new thread raher than > hijacking. It's just a natural evolution of the conversation. IMO, the answer to the original question is "No," so the obvious next direction to the conversation is "okay, what instead, then?" Nate's answer was polite, factual, and helpful. Hardly the sort of noise you find on "advocacy" forums. You can't wave the off-topic flag, either. Last month we were talking about network switches here, for Bob's sake.