a new M$ trick? (Score 1)

I think the author may have run across something unintentionally. He says, "...anything less than 100% compatibility is not acceptable, so the task is not easy, considering also that Wine must emulate Windows bug for bug to display identical behaviour." If Samba can essentially replace NT in a Windows network (or almost) then the biggest problem left is replacing the workstations/desktops that have all the apps windows users are used to. This is where the author may have run across Billy's evil secret (rather clever, I might add). All the bugs in MS products could be there intentionally to thwart the efforts of WINE (or anyone else wanting to emulate windows) so that only a buggy emulator could replace a buggy OS to run buggy apps. Pretty clever twist there, I do believe. But, then again, it's just a thought, and what are those worth?

Before you start throwing flames keep in mind that I'm mostly just trying to be entertaining here, not really looking for any new MS conspiracies (I believe there are enough of those without my help).