> Anyway... All of that aside... What I would really hope for (beyond all > hoping) is that the OSS community realizes what a treasure that OBOS R1 is > (when it comes out). That they put aside their interest in Linux on the > desktop and come to the Light Side. In many, many ways, R5 is still better at > an OS level that Linux, for end users. Configuration is one. One common set > of libraries is another. The integrated widgets (instead of 10 sets of add-on > widgets) is a third. BFS is a fourth. Media Kit is a fifth. Translators, a > sixth. The threading a seventh. Is this to put down Linux/BSD/Hurd/Whatever? > No. But I believed, believe and will continue to believe until I see > otherwise that what is good for the Server Room is not necessarily good for > the Desktop and that Choice is Not Necessarily Good. That is really what OBOS > has to offer. An integrated package that contains lots and lots of stuff that > makes development easy and being a user fun again. If we were to have a > mission statement, that might well be it. Amen to that! Although the "contains lots and lots of stuff" part is more of a linux description - I would say an integrated package that contains all the stuff needed to run an OS, in a completely consistent package, without countless useless options and dozens of apps to do the same job. Also, obviously, I believe the integrated widgets should be updated to a more modern look ready for R1 :-) Sorry, not mentioned that for a while. Simon ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/