Hi, I've just joined the mailing list. I've worked in the I.T. industry for a number of years as a programmer, designer etc. I'm currently using IBM's Websphere MQ with Java and am very interested in the concept of open source ( why give money to Bill Gates et al if you don't have to ? ) As Linux is the most popular open source OS, I thought it was about time that I learnt something about it. I look forward to participating in the group.