You are essentially arguing that Windows Vista, 7, and 8 do not offer substantial improvements over XP. They do, though. But anyway, given their customer base

You are essentially arguing that Windows Vista, 7, and 8 do not offer substantial improvements over XP. They do, though. But anyway, given their customer base and the history of their decisions, there's not a lot MS can do to make everyone happy. All they can really do at this point is make the best of a situation that is pretty crappy in a lot of respects. Bitching about it, however valid, seems sorta useless to me. The plane has already crashed into the goddamn mountain, to quote the Big Lebowski.