Local vendors transitioning is good for Linux. (Score 1)

The fact that local software developers are being forced from their windows boxes might be a good thing for the Linux community, it creates expertise and allows them to sell an alternative to their windows products for all of their clients. (They will want to earn back their training!) Another poster stated that web apps are a solution to platform issues, I can from experience tell you its not! A lot of developers are just writing for MSIE and dont know or care about being compatible with other browsers.