Xerox split a group at PARC and sent some of them to Portland (Seattle) to force them to create innovative support applications. The (mixed) results are written up in: Margrethe H. Olson, Sara A. Bly: The Portland Experience: A Report on a Distributed Research Group. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 34(2): 211-228 (1991) Various other similar 'experiments' have been done in the CSCW research world. regards Ben -- Dr Ben Anderson www.essex.ac.uk/chimera +44 17710 187 806