Apologies Former Older (Chuck_Older?) you are right that I did indeed write in reference to stuff that was not in your own post. Sorry about that! The thought that Oleg really needs to win a large portion of MS's client base to turn a decent profit has been on my mind for some time. I digressed there quite a bit
MS is still remarkably indulgent towards the FS genre for such a huge company. I wonder how nasty they would get if Maddox Games started to make inroads into their 'showpiece'.