content: How much has MicroSoft really cost us? I have thought about this for years and the latest hacks on the Democrates servers motivated me to post this. How much has MicroSoft's windows actually have cost us? Level 1: licensing (no problem here, they're a business) Level 2: Tech support (ethically they are fucks! However, many people outside of MS have made good cash off that OS so it's a wash 50-50) Level 3; bugs and solitaire (they game I threw in for giggles but those hours playing that game add up and businesses have lost lots.) the bugs as a programmer I can understand but when source code is of "fuck Microsoft you begin to wonder ... Also, MS developers are brilliant so MS borders on reckless negligence. Level 4: exploits (granted that MS can't secure every nick and crannies let's push this blame off to IT tech who could have moved to setting more secure) this is where we start entering in the $Billions lost because insecure machines are getting hacked. Level 5: MS morals, how can you peddle your software to high security installations knowing that your product is the biggest magnet known to mankind !?! From low hanging script kiddies to the high end predators who live and breath to slip into a high security installation windows box with the help of world wide boys or just because you're so L33t that you've got exploits that are getting fixed 5 years after you discovered them. I wonder if MS ranks up there with Obama's deficit record?