:~>Take a look at what Mac OS X is doing with it's shared libs by using 
:~>'bundles' and 'frameworks'.  I think this is a good idea and others might 
:~>agree.  There is an article about it at:
:~>http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/2q00/macos-x-dp4/macos-x-dp4-1.html
:~>
:~>I hate to say it, but as our systems get more complex we may need some sort 
:~>of single point of configuration information, ala windows registry (or 
:~>something better).

This goes somewhat above the scope of what we currently want to
discuss. Major rewrites of standardised things like shared libraries can
not be decided upon here and now.

:~>More flexible & modern user/share security model like WinNT.

I want you to elaborate on this. Some security-related issues may be
addressed in a better way in NT than in Unix/Linux, other are definitively
worse... Which ones would you take from NT, why, and how.  

cu
        Denis
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