Quote Originally Posted by indira View Post
untill linux gos the way of mac osx your not going to see it as a big contender just because the distros are different they need to consolidate into one standard.
repeat after me: MAC OSX IS LINUX, MAC OSX IS GNU. Mac OSX is a closed source distribution of linux. it may have some things to make you think maybe it is not, but it is indeed GNU/UNIX. if i hear one more person claim they know something about GNU, Linux, Unix, GPL, JPL or what color underpants Richard Stallman wears while in the same breath stating that Mac OSX is superior to any of them, i just can not say what i would be forced to do.

Quote Originally Posted by indira View Post
and if SE modifies any thing in the GPL they would have to put out the source code which i doubt a company likr them will want to do.
This statement is inane and makes no sense. why would SE be modifying anything in a GPL? and if you just mean GPL code, they are free to modify it and they STILL DO NOT HAVE TO RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE!!! READ THE GPL, THE WHOLE THING!!!!!