Well if you're going to start using questions like this, then you might as well start asking:

What came first? The chicken or the egg???

This question is very debatable, as it...

I know it is a while since this/theese question was posted, but I had the same prob and no answer ..... so I will post my answer all the same:

1.st...

Hi there ...

I also had that problem - I had to use 5 Tables strewn over 5 SQL Servers - some SQL 7.0 some SQL 2000.

Be sure to configure the linkserver properly...