- The EULA absolves Microsoft of any liability whatsoever. So they share in none of the risk. Imagine if physical items were like this: hit one bump and your pi

- The EULA absolves Microsoft of any liability whatsoever. So they share in none of the risk. Imagine if physical items were like this: hit one bump and your pickup is destroyed. Scissors fall apart irreparably once they contact any material that's not paper. - MS putting backwards compatibility (mainly done for business customers) above everything, at all costs. The peanut butter factory in Indiana that's been running WFW since '89 must never be inconvenienced, even if it means tens of thousands of people have to take their brand new computers to the shop (at their own cost!) multiple times per year because of spyware infections. - Not valuing innovation. A culture where engineers are just a necessity to keep the money-making machine running. All the excitement was drained about the end of the '90s. They made a couple nominal hits with the Surface, Xbox, and Azure, not going to discount that.