I "consume" movies and music to set a mood, to gain insight and knowledge, to expand the mind. I also remix movies and music. So, these "consumables" are there to provide something meaningful (for me). On the other side, I like to install Linux (and other free OS), just to have it. Maybe I play around with it, but generally I just like the fresh and untouched installation. It is like meditation. So, you see, you can have it always the other way around.

I don't understand why people are doing jobs that are per se senseless. It makes no sense to support an OS, which is so crappy (I don't suggest Windows is ;-) it needs a support industry to get it "working". And all just to have a job. Life should offer more than that.

Don't you think that Excel 2007 can do more things than Excel 5.0? It is much bigger, much more bloated, but compared to the times of Excel 5.0, the hardware requirements are actually cheaper - so 2007 is smaller than 5.0 in a way. You may not use the extra functionality in a new version, but some do. Probably only a fraction of the users, but nobody's "hurt", because the current hardware runs the current program just as good as the old hardware ran the previous version. If you don't like bloat and are satisfied with the feature set, why don't you stay with the older version (and older hardware). Or you just need a custom-tailored app for your needs.