sentence: with its scalability and broad scope abilities it featured : portability ( specifics encapsulated in a platform repository ) open development model flexible module licensing multiple user interfaces ( batch processing , ncurses , qt , java ) scripting interface ( python ) for rapid prototyping backward compatibility ( works on native files , '' vi admin '' friendly ) openlinux was not a microsoft killer , but it showed the linux community what would be required to create a mainstream desktop os out of the linux kernel .