> I suspect it is simply hardcoded in too much code, documentation and > peoples brains. > > Wichert. Its amazing how people adapt...although he changeover may be problematic initially in the long run it makes sense, if we end up with multiple platforms (i386,sparc,etc) with multiples kernels (bsd,linux,hurd,darwin(?),win32) otherwise we could be facing one massive headache :) -- Rob 'robster' Bradford rob@debianplanet.org Founder - Debian Planet