It's so ironic that Scott put his sites up for sale.

I've hacked at Sandbox for years since it was a decent GPL theme to start from. I never felt comfortable modifying heavily stylized themes for clients and sites I work on, so Sandbox was a fantastic and guiltless starting point.

I started reworking my "personal fork" last month after noticing the need for upgrades to Sandbox for WordPress 2.7. I shopped other "theme frameworks" and mostly decided to mix some DNA for the GPL frameworks I've liked. The work of Scott and other "open" theme developers is greatly appreciated.

Putting it in WordPress core is a strange issue. But I would love to see at least sandbox_body_class move to core like the comment_class and post_class that were introduced in WP 2.7.

A framework in WP core might need some styling, and sandbox has none. It might also need a child theme, but that might be confusing. It's an interesting proposition. I wish your poll had a couple more answers to choose from.