right on, long time frames are prob the way to go if you got the capital. i would actually suggest folks use virtualization (kvm, vmware, virtualbox) on something as critical, I haven't used Wine in a while but it always seemed to have some issues.
currently i chart though my accounts with TOS, which has a great platform but unfortunately no api. which is why i'm starting to look elsewhere.
so 64 bit java 6 is the jvm of choice for those using tws? i've heard chatter about java 5 being better, but can't find a good reference for why.
as a side note i prefer opensuse to ubuntu, i suggest those new to linux give it a shot. seems a lot of folks think ubuntu is the only slice of linux around, that's def not the case; there are tons.
