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Janak, as an MVP I'm fairly certain you're aware of and understand how the OEM/Microsoft partnership works with regard to the ROMs, so I find it hard to believe you're blaming Microsoft for not providing the updated codecs to the public. The blame should be pointed squarely at the OEMs for failing to live up to your perception of their obligation to you.
Microsoft owns the code, sure, but the individually designed ROM packages are owned by the OEM. Microsoft is obligated to NOT offer updates to the software provided in the ROMs to the public. It's up to the OEM to provide updates.
Personally, I'm angry with HP that my h6315 doesn't have all the latest software, since at the price it was offered it SHOULD have been state-of-the-art. Instead, it's one OS version behind and buggy as heck. But the blame goes where it belongs for both software and hardware - HP.
It's quite a bit different from Apple and the iPod - Apple owns and controls both the hardware and software, there aren't 50 different hardware versions of the iPod built by third parties (all with very different hardware and different drivers) that have to be considered.
With regard to Mac, well, it seems that Microsoft doesn't put a high priority on freebies for the Mac beyond a certain point. I'm not saying I think that's good, but I guess I understand it.
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