I have nothing personal against Microsoft either, but they should not be so paranoiac. All the people I know are naturally not inclined to pirate software. But with the advent of XP hackers seem to try to pirate it for the sheer thrill of it, to outsmart Bill G.
Windows XP being a more user-friendly upgrade of Windows 2000 had a great potential that was terribly wasted thru MS’s paranoia IMHO. I thought last year Windows Whistler would have given a huge market boost for dual-processor home PC’s. Being such an offensively defensive spy-turkey as XP is it doesn’t stand a chance.
"I have nothing personal against Microsoft either, but they should not be so paranoiac. All the people I know are naturally not inclined to pirate software." This may come as a shock to you, but there are some people you don't know, and some of them do all sorts of outlandish things (i.e., murder their children, rob banks, pirate Microsoft products, and so forth). Further, it's been well-established that there has been massive ongoing theft of Microsoft intellectual property.
"Being such an offensively defensive spy-turkey as XP is it doesn’t stand a chance."
Well, if you MS-haters really believe that, you can stop the attacks, right? After all, it'll simply fold and die all of its own effort, without your continued niggling efforts to anklebite them to death.