Looks like Som and his team finally heard Developers and .NET 3.0 will ship on XP with Avalon and Indigo support. Linux Desktops must be doing really well for MS seems to feel the pressure to ship Longhorn without WinFS.
This is a good decision for .NET developers as it gives them a wider market for Avalon and Indigo. Now that this decision is made, they can work on the next one.
BTW, Does anyone know how to use the .Text web services to post here.