I really don\'t understand what all the fuss is about.
Yes, pirating/theft is wrong, but exploitation/bullying/etc is even more wrong. And here, two wrongs do make a right. As long as Microsoft carries on the way they do, they can kiss my arse - I won\'t give them a cent. The only reason the anti-trust case was dropped was because Mr. Chipmunk Bush thought it would hurt the economy. Either way, the more I learn about what MS is doing, the more furious I become. And yes, I am actually now thinking of getting a Mac next.
As for sticking with the older purchased OS... Well, if they would have made a decent product to begin with, I would stick with it. Microsoft may come out with newer operating systems, some may be better than others, but none of them are truly excellent operating systems that don\'t take over your computer and resources. And yes I also have Linux (which isn\'t that much more stable, I find).
So, what will I do? I will get my pirated MS operating systems, until they finally come out with an excellent one that is reliable, smooth, fast, and bug free. Also until they stop their ILLEGAL practices. Practice what you preach: don\'t bitch about others doing illegal things if you are also guilty of that. As long as a huge corporation with social responsibilities and millions of stakeholders carries on without any ethics of its own, we are under no oblication to behave ethically towards them. Anyways, once those issues are resolved, then I\'ll gladly fork over the dough to get my very own version of an MS operating system.
P.S. That Microsoft guy may not have been able to spell worth sh|t, but he was right. 2600 is not the final version yet. It is the most recent version, but since XP of course now has a million patches that you need, they will be coming out with a new release in a few months. That then will most likely be 3000.