what about os/2 PPC? Was there any MS involvement in that? If it was open source it would allow people to port to Intel if required, ,and there are a number of cheap PPC boards (efika for one) that are crying out for a decent OS and apps. (I know linux runs on the efika, but most modern apps are slow - on an OS/2 kernel they would fly!)
Just a thought ;)
Just a thought ;)