>> It seems to be quite 
>> fashionable for people to suddenly release the sources for large 
>> commercial applications these days, and I'm never really sure what it is 
>> they're hoping to gain...
> 
>   Improving public image, hopefully also popularity. There are ways to
> make money with open source software too.

Those are valid reasons I guess...

>> Anyway, I would think that you wouldn't need a server to physically have 
>> graphics hardware to access it remotely and get a graphical display of 
>> some kind...
> 
>   Why install useless windowing software in a server that doesn't need it?

OK, point taken.

>> Yeah - but I doubt my blog attracts any of those.
> 
>> [OTOH, I do sometimes mention Haskell...]
> 
>   Well, there you go. Haskell *is* a pet of many unix gurus too.

Really? This is news...

[Although - now who was it? - somebody recently announced that they were 
porting all their distro tools from Python (?) to Haskell.]

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