content: That's part of the problem.  They're working on crushing any choice that you have.  Some people will be able to get around it, particularly if they're able to afford developer machines, but still, that's going to be ridiculously costly, and probably put you under suspicion just for having a "developer machine," assuming you can afford it.  Never mind that such a move would end up crushing independent software development.  But then, that's a benefit (for Microsoft) of this overall thrust to turn PCs into Microsoft-controlled dumb terminals.