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Yes...and that's why I specifically said this in my original post:
I can understand peoples concerns with my viewpoint...but people are somewhat "weaseling" into a gray area loophole that Microsoft has created (albeit intentionally, I'm sure).
I often get chastised for being a Linux supporter and advocate...but I feel that if many people actually had to pay the retail licensing costs for the Windows software they used....they would likely not be using it as much as they are now. Play by the rules, and follow the intent of the licensing programs. If at the end of the day, you feel you get every cent of value out of your choices...that is great. Windows is just expensive and that's the way it is. I run it at home as well, and paid for my 1 retail copy of Windows 7 that I use. And it amounted to about 15%-20% of the cost of my computer build. My wife's computer came with Vista and she still runs it as we don't see the value in spending $105 to upgrade it to Windows 7.