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1. So far, Open Source has been centered on server software. MacBird will help push the cursor toward users. It's all about user interfaces.

2. MacBird implements the user interface standard set by the Macintosh in the 1980s. It gives KDE and Gnome a target to shoot for. MacBird is what user interfaces will look like in the post-web era.

3. MacBird is the continuation of the journey started by Apple's HyperCard in the 1980s. First we had graphic user interfaces. Then we had the Internet. Now it's time to have both.

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