Cross-platform networking...

It has come a long way - having different operating systems sharing files in the same network (easily). This type of mash-up networking has been done already; but now it is to the point that anyone can do it without hiring a team of highly paid consultants that sometimes don't know what they are doing. I have networked a Vista, a Windows 2003 server, an Apple computer running Tiger, an XP computer and a Ubuntu Linux computers all together. And I have done the hook up in less than 30 minutes. Of course, I didn't include the boot up time on some of the computers. Add a wireless/ethernet printer to the mix, you can do whatever you like. You no longer being tied to a specific operating system to network. Bonus.