Hi, Tom! Welcome to our new toy!
Hey, I noticed an article on your site where it says "A senior Microsoft executive told a BBC World documentary that people should use commercial software if they're looking for stability [instead of open-source software]."
That got me to thinking... within my experience, open-source applications have been much more reliable than commercial software. I'd say the difference in reliability between The Sims 2 and SimPE is quite apparent. This also holds true for the Microsoft Office suite in comparison to the open-source tools I'm using in my day job.