There is a reason I call them MonopolySoft.

And there is a reason MS is trying to get Windows 7 out much quicker
than usual. "Vista" is a known marketing poison.

Thanks for a firsthand story of today's greedy practices. Those of us
around from way back can relate to their similar dealings with Stac
Electronics (Stacker) and DR-DOS, amongst many other dirty dealings.
Not many will even remember how they took OS/2 from IBM collaborative
effort to "create" NT (base of XP and Vista).

Atheros chipset is one of the best bets to choose for wide-ranging
Linux WiFi compatibility.