So what? Windows became leader because it *was* the best desktop (at least, the one that offered the best value) at one time. It became the leader then, and since then, it has maintained that position aided by monopolistic practices. All this is commonplace.

And I say, it's better for them to distract their gaze on slow, buggy implementation of Linux while the best ones (say, LinuxMint, PCLinuxOS, gah... there are many of them) begin to steal MS's lunch.

Let Microsoft go after Ubuntu. Because Ubuntu is slow, buggy, and not a good desktop.

Ubuntu is not the best GNU/Linux distribution. For starters, their quality assurance could be much better, and it is not economical in resource usage. Moreover, it was infected with the "Red Hat" disease of patching everything, introducing more, difficult to track and patch, bugs.

Worse yet, Ubuntu uses by default the GNOME Desktop. It's my personal preference, but I can't stand GNOME, period. It is so aggravating I can't even use it. A GNU/Linux desktop using GNOME is like using a Ferrari car only in first shift. Its vast potential is completely underused.

Therefore, my guess is that Ubuntu is in fact a low-hanging fruit. Let Microsoft go after Ubuntu; meanwhile... KDE will eat their lunch. 4.2 is just the harbinger of things to come and it's that terrific. Period.

I know, I know, Reps are all for greedy corporations, but Dems are all for government intrusion in your life.

This was predictable. To all you who voted Dem, this serves you right.

In Eleventh Hour, the main character needed a T3 connection to perform online search on a patent. And the girl offered him to go to her dorm where she had Wi-Fi, "in case you need more privacy"... ouch.