It all sounds very promising: more capital, more marketing, more distribution. It seems to be a radically different deal from the old Corel deal, so we don't need to entertain such worries. I'll be rooting for Xara in their forthcoming battles with the Krauts -- mostly. For maybe, just maybe, the logical Krauts can bash some of the more annoying British eccentricities out of our dear Xara? :-)