Thanks much for the responses. Let me make sure I have everything right
a Kitchen release is a barebones install of the phone's OS
with a Kitchen release, I can add software to it
the current wm6 release is hard coded, and I can't change it.
Second part
The extended rom then, do I need what is there currently? or can I take a backup and remove the current data and build my own installable apps for that? Is that what the build your own extended rom thread is about? I am reading those here and there at work
thanks again for the help, and holding my hand through this.