I agree, the VM option now that it'll be widely available(via vanderpool and pacifica) they should start cutting ties.
But that is something that their customers ask/demand, and they deserve mention for listening to their customers.
Half,
They also should listen to their owners (stockholders) who have seen the cluster*&$@ MS has made of their desktop over the past 5 years. They peaked in terms of software and business in 2001, 6 years with no major desktop release! Six years in IT is an eternity and when we get it how much of an improvement is it really going to be? Will it, in fact, be worth the 6 year wait?