Not technically necessary but not legally necessary either. I'm of the same opinion as you regarding proprietary software. ----- Original message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> To: "Isaac Atilano" <aristophrenic at warpmail.net> Cc: "tclug" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:04:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [tclug-list] [OT] Re: Solaris 10 on PC(X86) Hardware On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Isaac Atilano wrote: > It's not necessary that the kernel code be GPL compatible. For example, > you can run GNU on MS Windows. It isn't technically necessary, but I prefer to work on a non-proprietary system to the extent possible. I still use Windows, but I don't like it! ;-) So until Solaris is under a GPL-compatible license, I'll prefer the Linux kernel. Mike