Here is what concerns me. It doesn't appear to be universally enforced in the same manner. I did a search for all references to the universalthread on MSFT forums (two primary ones) and received numerous hits. I looked at the messages and many are links to resolutions on the levelextreme.com:
010000110101001101101000011000010111001001110000010011110111001001000010011101010111001101110100 "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.) "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown "De omnibus dubitandum"