> I find it hard to believe there is nothing that can be borrowed and ported from
> the open sorce world. But I am not a programmer, just an frustrated end user.

I too am just a layman when it comes to this, but according to my understanding, simply porting a recent stack wouldn't suffice as you'd also need a revised Amiga-specific (or MorphOS-specific) interface between the stack and the driver (i.e. "SANA-III") so that the new driver can make use of the modern features of the stack.