>You'd think that MS wouldn't want to bother with all the crap that is going to come back at them from the MSDN type of customers. (I don't think my circumstances and my kind of operation is unique among MSDN Universal subscribers.)<s>

Why would they care about the "crap" once they have your money ? Busy signal ...

I agree. I just renewed my Universal subscription; it will probably be the last time. MS thinks we're all thieves.