This lets them position themselves in that market, while making sure that the technology doesn't look as good as going straight Windows.That pretty much sums it up. Just try sometime next year to pitch a large corporate client on going with Ubuntu or even Red Hat. The "obvious" reaction will be, "Well, the supported way to do that is Microsoft / Novell." Then when it doesn't work, the "obvious" reaction will be, "I guess Linux isn't ready after all."