[publius911]

In fact, all of the product updates that you got free of charge from them since you bought the system are given to you only because MS deems it a good business move; they have absolutely no obligation to give out a single update for free.

Here's the difference. You think it's out of the goodness of their heart, even though they have ALWAYS rushed buggy software onto the purchasers prematurely. The purchaser is used as a free Beta tester.

I know that they do it to avoid a quick and deserved business death.

[Boogieman]

“The purchaser is used as a free Beta tester.”

Yeah, what OS or software doesn’t? You’ve just got some grudge against MS, for whatever reason, probably just plain old elitism. It’s an emotional thing, just like people who hate Ford or Chevy, instead of just driving the cars they like and not worrying about everyone else.