yah. smoke and mirrors. linux will commodotize windows/operating systems and most common software. the only question is, how long will it take. the big stumbling block for many, i guess, is not 'cool new features', but the cost of transitioning. but at some point we'll hit that threshold. (gnumeric spreadsheet is very cool, and open office is all i ever use ... now if only there was something better than iqcharts on linux ... although, in theory, i could run 'windows in a window' via vmware, i suppose.)