Big Linux deployments have reached the point where it's become a real problem for administrators that they don't have nice tools to manage their servers and desktops.

I have a G4 at home. Theyre great machines for individual users, and I even know a few core Linux hackers who are having a lot of fun with them. But if you want to move the needle on the non-Microsoft desktop, youve got to look elsewhere.

There are a lot of people whove been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.

This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free.

We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.