Yeah, well, Microsoft lets you do things with your computer that are UNSAFE, like install software NOT APPROVED by them.
I've got mod points, but I'll rather point out that on my mac I often compile and install software that has never been approved by anyone. Mac OS X is unix, so
If someone wants all their files to have to upload over their ADSL and then download again over the same link, just to be able to access them from across the room (and give some otherwise-unnecessary third party the perk of scanning the data (or at least filename) for keywords to sell to advertisers or law enforcement or whatever), sure, they should be allowed. But if that's "normal" then it's got fail written all over it, because that's usually a stupid, slow, insecure, and generally unpleasant way to do things.
Can you please go to owncloud.org and read up on it? It's truly awesome.
The Surface replaces both my iPad and my laptop.
If that's true, then it is really remarkable. I have my doubts over that keyboard thingy on buses and trains, though. But who knows, maybe I'll be proven wrong and the surface is the Future
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.