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