Good evening, my uber-deluded nemisis.
Still spouting the corporate line, I see.
Microsoft's free update service is the envy of the open source and mac communities. Call it a corporate line if you want, but that doesn't change the fact that I've received every update for Win2000 since Feb 2000, major and minor, free of charge. (I'm running Win2000 service pack 4.) They promise updates for 7 years on their operating systems, and thus far have delivered.
In contrast, Mac charges for major updates. Red Hat only offered support on any given distribution for one year. After that, they force you to upgrade to the next version. And that's even for their paying customers, like me. Of course, we know how they dumped their desktop line OS altogether, leaving many left in the lurch. How's that