Re:Release != box on shelf (Score 1)

The economic situation - maybe so. However, I know for a fact this is one of the primary reasons so many computing fans have NOT migrated to *nix systems - in the realm of good 3D support and games, Linux (unfortunate as it may be), simply gets skunked by my version of Windows 98 (icky!). New developments (at any rate) with Linux gaming is very exciting and is just the chance for many, many people (as myself) to stop pirating copies of Windoze 98, etc. and get a real OS.