MSFT apps on Linux

The Meta Group speculates that Microsoft will ship apps on GNU/Linux (server side) within two years. I've been arguing that Microsoft's applications are much better than their operating systems, and the only thing keeping them from being a force in the enterprise market is their insistence on tying applications to .NET server instead of on Linux. I also predict that MSFT will relinquish their OS addition when Apple starts licensing OS X to third party OEMs.