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Here's the URL of my answer (a comment), (the comment)... from an article preceeding slashdot's posting by several days... I'll even paste it (my reply) for you if you're adverse or too lazy bother to visiting signalnine.com...

I still think the POTENTIAL for having a 'free' platform to EASILY port your code to is a good thing. We have no idea what might become of Windows (as we know it) once Longenhurden manifests. This project, I think, offers a small amount of comfort to businesses (think enterprise and small biz, too) who have invested exorbitant amounts of programmer-time and dollars on in-house, 'vertical applications'. They may not need the lastest whiz-bang Microsoft 'features' (that MS says we can't do without). Even if they can't implement all of say, DirectX for gamers; or .Nyet, (I say this because of the potential of land-mine-infested patents...c'mon you KNOW MS isn't benign, ADMIT IT!), running a 'cheap' Delphi application that does your check processing/imaging on NT 4 or Win2k is a VALID REASON for this effort ('what we have right NOW works just FINE, thank you'). There might yet be good cause to dread at what's coming up on the horizon. Just my 2 cents. Was that rambling? I tried to write something lucid and coherent. Sorry if I failed. I'm very tired as I write this.

Here's the URL of my answer (a comment), (the comment)... from an article preceeding slashdot's posting by several days... I'll even paste it (my reply) for you if you're adverse or too lazy bother to visiting signalnine.com...

I still think the POTENTIAL for having a 'free' platform to EASILY port your code to is a good thing. We have no idea what might become of Windows (as we know it) once Longenhurden manifests. This project, I think, offers a small amount of comfort to businesses (think enterprise and small biz, too) who have invested exorbitant amounts of programmer-time and dollars on in-house, 'vertical applications'. They may not need the lastest whiz-bang Microsoft 'features' (that MS says we can't do without). Even if they can't implement all of say, DirectX for gamers; or .Nyet, (I say this because of the potential of land-mine-infested patents...c'mon you KNOW MS isn't benign, ADMIT IT!), running a 'cheap' Delphi application that does your check processing/imaging on NT 4 or Win2k is a VALID REASON for this effort ('what we have right NOW works just FINE, thank you'). There might yet be good cause to dread at what's coming up on the horizon. Just my 2 cents. Was that rambling? I tried to write something lucid and coherent. Sorry if I failed. I'm very tired as I write this.

Argh. I forgot that I wrote a review of this thing that goes into more detail than the brief splatter of words I posted above. Here's the URL: evilwm review.

I explain my reasons behind trying out this minimalist wm and how I found the experience. Quite positive actually.

I have also given a 'quickie' review about this book months ago on out little site. You can also find the thread on signalnine by clicking on the 'reader reviews' link, on the book information page.

I saw this story on www.signalnine.com2 days ago.

For an interesting take on the Korean Diablo 2 culture, check out this article.

I haven't had the chance to look at this particular book yet but I appreciate this review. Good job. Perhaps I shall pick it up, or at least park my butt at Borders bookstore and give it a more thorough glance the next time I am there.

evilwm is a minimalist window manager. Here is a link to a review of evilwm on signalnine.coma little while back. It's quite nice.

btw, check out this looks like that site got haxx0red or something. Need to find the site owners, but there is no contact information :(