Operating systems
Unix, for all its faults is the best OS going. Mac OS for all its faults, is the best GUI going.
Developers have been debugging UNIX for 30 years, that's why it works and NT doesn't. Generally, Unix just works.
When Mac OS Client comes out, Apple will be the only computer company with a flawless OS hidden by a wonderful, usable GUI.
Initially, MissingLink was targeted at Mac OS users who want powerful unix tools.
Linux can gain from Darwin and Darwin can gain from Linux.
Darwin was the only freely available Unix kernel that has been developed by professional operating system developers working on it full-time, who are getting paid for their work. When Apple ships Mac OS X client, it was to be the most widely distributed Unix kernel.