60% of Windows Vista to be Rewritten

Now this sounds like fun ... both, the news about Vista and nazpyro's OS course experiences.
I mean, what does MS think Mac enthusiasts and Linux zealots - like me - are going to do until January? Of course, we're going to try to get as many people converted as possible. And the odds aren't bad, with Apple adopting the Intel architecture and Linux becoming more user friendly with every iteration of certain distros (think SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora Core).
Has anyone here messed with the XGL (read: OpenGL based) desktop they're developing for *ix based OSs? It's only alpha status right now but it looks as sweet as OS X and performs well on my aging Athlon XP system (check out the live CD, it's really neat). I won't need a new PC for that when it becomes stable.

Way to go Microsoft, you're doing nerds like me a favor.

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I upgraded from 512 MB to one gig half a year ago and looking back it was pretty much a placebo purchase... my Linux box just doesen't go there in everyday use.

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What was M$ thinking when they deemed an Xbox1 game Vista-exclusive?
[slightly exagerated] Some emulator might be running it earlier on PCs and then on W2k, XP or maybe even a non-Windows OS... [/slightly exagerated]

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.