Microsoft loves your money, babe.
I'm sure they do. I'm also pleased that they do, because it is that healthy self interest on the part of MS that brought us XP. Just like new technology, financed in part by anticipated sales, is bringing us always better 4 wheel drive vehicles.
It's called capitalism, something I believe in.
I'll keep sending them money, because (broken record here) they've made my life, simpler, easier, better. All for a couple hundred dollars.