>Yeah ... and now they have the gall to jack up the price another $300. Considering what I typically make use of in a year, I could have gotten away with less than $2300US; I bought into it becomes it was convenient and "just in case". No more. What's with these people ? Have they forgotten what a "one man shop" means ? Do they care ?

Microsoft and other large S/W companies have begun a campaign to stamp out piracy, or at least let the pirates know that they mean business (whatever that is.) I can't blame them, or anyone, for attempting to slow down the theft of private property that's going on - and for MS that's a global concern. All that fine print is their caveat for when the do catch a big fish in that tank. We, ie., "one man shops", are very very small fish and really not worth the trouble to MS if we just happen to play a game on the same machine or install an operating system on another PC in our Home Office. We are under the radar here. Besides, who's going to tell on us? our kids? our wife?
Your question: "Do they care?" I personally believe that 'caring' is something that the attorney's who've been hired to take care of the legal work have no concept of. That's an emotion, which has no place in the legal view.

The increase in prices (not only with MS) is reflective of Boards of directors becoming more and more demanding for profits. Theses BOD's are increasingly made up of 'professional' money people - Bankers, Venture Capitalists, etc... whose concerns and cares are similar to the 'accountants' who supposedly run the medical industry - MONEY. Has anyone noticed the pace of price increases? The demand for profits, which benefits stockholders, causes price increases, among other methods, which in turn causes everyone down the line to pay more. What i don't understand is how the blue collar worker is surviving.