> Dont forget that there are those of us out there that do
> take this stuff and package it up in specific formats, whilst at the same time
> feeding things back (e.g. NCI creating our OS, feeding back (with DEC) [...]

Actually, I can state that more baldly:

We've had better (more productive) relationships with some companies
than with other free OS projects!  I assume this is because the
companies don't feel they're `competing' with us in some fashion, but
who knows.