You pretty much hit the nail on the head, with a non M$ client not only are licensing costs fewer but virus threats are fewer also. As far as dumbing down the users go it's pretty much been already implemented. We have a few site that hold all of their specialized apps (excluding office) and with this solution hopefully it would make our life easier. Your friend and yourself when you tried to implement this, where did you find the documentation or was there none. Is there anyway that you could send me what you have as far as documentation, if you can I will post my e-mail for you thanks.