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Marin David Condic wrote:

> Sure, Linux had its success and got started as someone trying to 
> re-implement Unix. But wouldn't it be better to set up an objective of 
> doing something *different* and *better* in some way? ...
> MDC

I don't think that has been ruled out yet. The project is just
getting started. It makes no sense to take C code and just
"port it". I would be rather surprised if the project takes
that direction.

So yes, I believe that there is hope for good things to come out of
the project.
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg