Idea #10716: Right time to strike a death blow to windows

At a time when Vista is facing resistance and XP is off the store shelves, this is the right time to strike a death blow to Microsoft. A drastic rethink by Ubuntu is needed at this stage. I have suggested that if Wine could be integrated with Linux (however less efficiently) and perhaps some interoperability tools fr other OSes (If such tools exist) too, it would render the purpose of buying/pirating windows meaningless to many users. This would only be a tactical move to grab the typical XP user who would feel encouraged to abandon Windows if many of his preferred applications work with Ubuntu. Over a period of time, such users could be weaned away from proprietary applications towards open source applications. I am sure this suggestion would draw a lot of flak but I strongly feel that something different and drastic has to be done to fix Ubuntu Bug No. 1. Efforts such as Wine and Wubi are only half measures and something stronger is needed.

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