OT: Microsoft Settlement, Class Action Options

[d7n7master]

Hi All (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wavey.gif)
If you haven't heard, us Cal folks have some microsoft money coming our way.
Wouldn't want any of us 2 miss-out. Hurry quick. 1/8/05 is the last postmark accepted.
Quick!!! Go to:
www.microsoftcalsettlement.com (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

[d7n7master]

Aside from the legal premise of "this" issue: One question.
I have a "different" issue with m/soft. So if I get a few bucks out of this, fine. I won't get a dime for all the grief & frustrations I've/we've endured running winders 3.1, 95, 98, and ME. Now XP, service pack 2. (sounds like a sequal...)
All of which I PAID for, ALL of which were flawed, buggy, pieces of shit.
How many times has "Winder's" crashed to the point where you said, (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif)
c:\format c fuckin' :\???
Are you sure?
Fuckin' A (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flipa.gif) How many times? 10? 100? 1000?
And then you,
Reload winders, reload all your stuff - If you had a back-up. You DID back-up at least monthly, right??? Uhhh, no. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) - Reload what's left. Damn, shoulda kept my APPLE-II.

That's my question. How many times has winders crashed to where you had to re-format C:???
Once a year?
Twice a year?
Every other week?
Been left on hold by customer support 'til you hung up - frustrated?