ah, i love those linux commercials. everytime i'm over a friends house, i make everyone stop talking so i can watch the commercials if one comes on. lol. as for HURD, i'm extremely interested in what it's capable of doing and would like to see what happens. i do believe though, that it could be a problem for linux. if it catches on, and GNU makes their own OS....i dunno, i guess we'll see. at least those GNU fellas will officially get their name on an OS release, lol. i feel bad that a lot of people don't even recognize GNU as a part of linux. oh well, i guess we'll see. but that's the great thing about open source and free software. the best will always come out on top.//