Hi Cory, It might make Ardour in general more widely used, which would then give users a free choice of platform - that can only be a good thing. SSL describe Ardour in their press release as cross-platform, so my guess is they are happiest when not tied to a single platform. At least two competing console manufacturers (Harrison and Allen & Heath) have already launched Linux-based products. On the other hand, a Mackie representative claimed to me that the Digital X-bus runs embedded Windows. I'm sceptical about that, because the GUI doesn't look anything like Windows at all, but then I've never seen one boot up, only running. Cheers! Daniel