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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> FWIW, there was a contest for a FreeBSD GUI a few years back, when we
> had pretty much nothing.  Nobody competed, so we dropped the issue.

No one competed because there was no such thing as "winning" and
becoming "the official default desktop install" for FreeBSD.

It was very like entering a contest for "best new garage band",
sponsored by a radio station, with the prize not including having
your song played on the radio.

-- Terry