For the self-reliant, a third Windows desktop option emerges: Build your own “Frankenvista” on Windows Server 2008
I guess the transformation is nearly complete. Windows Server 2008 has almost completely embraced the Linux model of one code base for servers and workstations. It is the incompatibilities that drive you nuts. Support for third party software has always been the struggling point. Now if they can make Windows Server 2008 as the Software Assurance upgrade for Vista Business. As Darth Vader said:
“Your skills are complete. Indeed you are as powerful as the Emperor has foreseen.”