Wow. I get buried for a week and get transported into a parallel universe. Microsoft and Novell make an historic agreement. And while some folks in the open source community aren't happy, it seems most (including me) think this is a pretty good deal for building software in general... I mean, being able to just these three things: "...Microsoft and Novell will jointly develop a compelling virtualization offering for Linux and Windows..." - Right on! "...make it easier for customers to federate Microsoft...