Hi Starrunner, yeah I think you're being paranoid. IMHO linux isn't going anywhere - there's simply too much momentum and too many companies to try to bring down. Not even all the financial might of Microsoft can stop it.
Furthermore, MS's reluctance to specify exactly *what* in Linux violates their IP speaks volumes. This is just a FUD campaign Microsoft's using to try to inhibit Linux growth.
It seems unlikely that Linux is going to dominate the desktop world anytime soon, but at the same time, it will still be here next year I can assure you, as will Amiga OS4 :-)
On an unrelated note, let's hope we get some hardware to play with this yeah eh? I'll looking forward to playing with OS4.
Happy new year.
Andy.