Walkero -
I think you are touching on what I think is a crucial strategy to help bootstrap OS 4 - make it as easy as possible to port over popular open-source projects.
Many of these seem to be Linux-based and have some sort of Win32 port so most have had some cross-platform considerations.
GIMP is a great start. There is a LOT of stuff out there - Apache, PostgreSQL, Project Mono, etc... Whatever shared libraries needs replicating on OS 4 to support these efforts, in my view, should be at least co-sponsored by Hyperion at some point. It just makes OS 4 that much more attractive.
Cheers!
Greg
