After reading Joel on Software's comments on Firebird, I think I may have to check out the OS X version of it to see what I think. Also related is the news that IE6SP1 will be the last standalone version of IE. The part I find most humorous about this is the quote from someone at MS that was mentioned in an article over on C|net.

"Legacy OSes have reached their zenith with the addition of IE 6 SP1," Countryman said. "Further improvements to IE will require enhancements to the underlying OS [C|net News]

Hmmm.