"I would like to say that it presents a huge gaping opportunity for Linux. However, in reality I don't think it changes the landscape that much," says Zymaris. "Based on on history, Microsoft can bring out one of these desktop operating systems three years late like they dien gros, je traduis le passage d with Windows 2000. It didn't impact them on the desktop. What it boils down to is that you could create a Linux desktop that's ten times as good as Microsoft's but that's still not enough to allow people to jump across because most people are locked in to Windows. Let's face it whenever Vista comes out, if you go out and buy a new notebook, it will have Vista on it."