3 Sentences consisting of 1 line of reasoning and 2 ad hominem attacks. Nice.
Not everyone is so prejudiced as to automatically think that everything Redmond puts out is "rubbish". A lot of it, or dare I say, the majority, serves its purpose very well - in my opinion. I mean, conservatively, three quarters of the worlds businesses have decided that the percentage point of extra stability afforded by swapping to some or other variant OS is simply not worth the loss in compatibility, available labour, ease of deployment and myriad other advantages 'M$' products hold over whatever your OS of choice is. Whatever you may think, their products are usable, performant (mostly, although they rarely top the charts for chest thumping purposes), reliable (enough), and in the right hands, secure (enough). You have a support structure that is second to none, and I'm not talking official channels here - the community is pervasive and helpful. You can see from my post history, I like MS stuff. {ducks!}
So, back on track, when Microsoft is on the back foot, that's when it tends to release its best software. IE Vs Netscape (& now chrome), Active Directory Vs Novell etc. Given how it totally fucked itself in mobile prior to WP7, you could argue this is its biggest challenge yet. Given that & the pre-release videos looking pretty good, I was excited to give it a whirl, so I did. And you know what, I f*cking love it! I'll spare you the details why, that could be an article in itself but suffice to say I've owned A BB Bold 9000, iPhone 3GS and currently have a Galaxy S from work. None of those have seen the light of day since I got my winmo 7 - they don't come close.... Who said "Shill"? Come on, own up!!