I see that many people are posting analogies. All of them neglect to include an important fact: The employer in this case is a company that has shown itself as having no sense of ethics. It's a safe assumption that if Intel can stab you in the back and get away with it, it will. Ask AMD. -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> "please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>