> What is the negative business impact on with entire Windows platform associated with making a key member of the server product family available on nix? I sus

> What is the negative business impact on with entire Windows platform associated with making a key member of the server product family available on nix? I suspect this is close to the heart of the matter. Building a flagship application for a competing OS hurts Microsoft's interest as an OS vendor. Without a really compelling business reason to take on the technical hassle of porting, this danger becomes a deal-breaker.