No doubt they have some of the best software out there (not all of it, mind you) - Excel is a marvel. I think where a lot of us get wary is _how_ Microsoft sell

No doubt they have some of the best software out there (not all of it, mind you) - Excel is a marvel. I think where a lot of us get wary is _how_ Microsoft sells their software. They're more than happy to charge you money every year whether the software gets major updates that year or not - and whether you, as a user, need any new features or not.