[Bran_son]

> It's not fair or reasonable to get mad at them about this stuff. It's more that we should be clear about where they're coming from.

You're describing a wild animal: "It's not fair to get mad at the wolf for biting you - that is its nature"

Perhaps then we should also treat them as the wild, hostile animal they are.

[WalterBright]

Linux, FreeBSD and Apple OSX operating systems routinely break without warning older software. I've had the fewest breakages with Windows operating systems.

Just in the last few months, I had to buy a new iphone because Waze, Twitter, and my banking app simply ceased working on it. No warning, no nothing. Those apps upgraded themselves, and just stopped. No check for compatibility with an older iphone.

Bought a new iphone, transferred the apps over, and they magically started working again.

[Bran_son]

Sorry I thought we were talking about deliberate and illegal anticompetitive business practices, not how well MS treats compliant consumers that spend money on it and help further its network effects by using Windows.