I've also just registered there (against my annoyance of yet *another* login) and will chime in when accepted.
However, a quick answer to the discussion there: From a conversation I had this past Mysterium, I can safely say that backporting to Linux is near-impossible without a re-write of the network coms from scratch (which it badly needs anyway!!). Be aware that I'm saying that with the full weight of my SysAdmin hat on.
EDIT - posted, in the 'Server Platform' thread under System Concepts.
--TSK