Yes I do, but the ideas/conversations have been happening, on and off, for many years before this. Especially when they weren't doing so hot and the idea gets

Yes I do, but the ideas/conversations have been happening, on and off, for many years before this. Especially when they weren't doing so hot and the idea gets floated around (obviously without much serious thought, just something we say) "oh man, what if they just gave up on that part and used linux to make it all work" -- Then everyone goes "that'd be cool, but then all those apps wouldn't work..." Hence why they chose this route which required some pretty fancy research on their part to implement. Which is even cooler imho. Probably the best senario for Windows/MS over all in the end.