make a breakthrough technology such as .NET. Around here, we think of it as "break-in" technology. As for the time issues, look at how long it took to get a truly open-source app "completed": Mozilla. of course, a huge piece of the problem is finding a way to make a useful, secure, robust application work in Windows--a bit like trying to recreate the Sistine Chapel in bread dough, vegetable dye, and chicken droppings. Now an Open Source Linux Poser-clone would be the last straw in the OS wars for me, and I'd be happy to contribute the documentation (no coder me).