OK thanks Jon, I checked that thread and recall that I had followed it previously as well. Given the fact of the quality of that discussion re the technical issues there is nothing I want to add in this thread.   

I do note that there didnt really seem to be any resolution from the earlier thread in terms of decisions about the direction to proceed from the technical perspective that is... unless there is something else I have missed (quite likely).

Also, given the obvious expertise of some of the contributors in that thread, it makes no sense to me as to why their skills havent been tapped and why some version of the new DT isnt in process. Have there been any decisions about the preferred direction since the previous thread? Dicks comments above would suggest not.

If a DT project does get underway and I can contribute my own IT skills in some small way I'd be happy to do so.

Cheers,

Andrez