Hello, I joined this site about a week ago because I was keeping up with this thread. I've read both the old thread and the new one. I just have one quick comment.
If Microsoft was desperately worried about cheating, they could EASILY stop it. Honestly, don't you think the company that created Windows can make a simple program to stop bots? Hell, even I could add a visual confirmation screen, and I know very little Flash or Java. For those of you who think that the site will be taken down or that the orders won't be shipped, don't worry. Microsoft can stop the cheating if they want to, I just don't think they care at this point.
BTW- Kick ass site. Not as many noobs as QJ.net. (Those who go there regularly know what I mean.)