somewhere out there it must be said a new open sourced kernel study group needs to be organized for the undertaking of finding the feasibility factor and to clear the way for the open standard for the OS/2 kernel, as this must be done to ensure that OS/2 becomes a universal OS rather than a commercially guarded one, which would make it extinct...for sure! Therefore I elect KIM to head a committee to find out what the snags really are in that vein, and exactly what are the legal issues extolled by IBM, MS, Symantec and others that are so deeply opposed to this idea of reviving OS/2 as opposed to Linux and what would the political and legal fallout be; esp for IBM. Not enough pressure is being put on IBM, I know they want to go the way of big business and have gotten out of the PC marketplace for the most part. As well they have great plans for Tech campi the world over, these are noble causes, and I understand the basic culture of said company(s). I for one am opposed however, to letting go the caldron, we need to strengthen our ranks and move forward but this cannot be done by lamenting the faults of MS or the promises gilded in features offered once upon a time by OS/2. Interest on a broader level could be generated if the picture became clear and the aims campaigned for were truly appearant, what do we have to lose but our sanity? Of course commercialism plays a role even in the distros on the other side but on the dark side we have a point and click society that does not even know really what a dos command does much less what a command line can be used for, what a mess, we have nations around the globe that are full of people preoccupied by visual images that are hollow on the face of them yet controlling on their obverse, what we are talkin here is the future of a world society monitored by corporations and controlled by them as opposed to seeking a destiny manifest by something more known about than the latest election soundbite...you are being monitored everytime you use an MS update, who gave them permission to seek and destroy your very conciousness? YOU DID.