ThePreacher you hit the nail sqaure on the head with this post.
EVERYONE should read http://www.opensource.org/halloween/links.html about the Microsoft memos that leaked a couple of years ago.
They didn't have a name for them then, today they call them C# and .NET, I am excpecting a IPv4 or IPv6 *like* protocol with some cute disarming name to come out with the release of their next version of Windows.
The danger is clearly spelled out in Microsofts own words. The threat you and many others see is very real.
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Short version.
Microsoft gets their asses kicked in every existing protocol as well as uptimes and downtimes by Unix and Linux in the server market. They want to eliminate the superior server OS by developing a set of internet protocols that will be closed source and proprietary (i.e. only MS OS's can serve with them).
