WDSC V7 Turbo Boost

From recent news, it's clear Microsoft is allowing Windows XP to be sold

until at least the end of May (a possible date for Windows 7 release) and
perhaps for about a year beyond that. I think even MS is starting to
recognize the flop of Vista marketing. There's a good summary of the
situation available on the Windows Secrets website at:
http://www.windowssecrets.com/2009/01/08/02-XP-deadline-extended-toward-launch-of-Windows-7

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 01/08/2009 09:35:28 AM:

----- Message from Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 08 Jan
2009 07:07:31 -0700 -----

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Re: [WDSCI-L] WDSC V7 Turbo Boost

The Linux world is getting better but my primary complaint is that some
applications (not necessarily desktop apps) still need to be compiled
and recompiled when there are kernel upgrades (Asterisk is one of
those). But in general the desktop world in Linux is pretty trouble

free.

Given that XP will no longer be sold after the end of this month, there
is will an opportunity for an "XP Replacement" in the market until
Windows 7 is released. I'd love to get a few of my customers to embrace
a Linux/OpenOffice/Firefox/Thunderbird environment.

As for spending all of my time in Linux, I still cannot until we get a
RBD/RDi version that runs in Linux. If I could get *that* then I could
spend 95% of my time in Linux (I am running OpenSUSE 11.1).

Someday......

Pete