I can see both sides. Yes you should pay for the software you use. On the other hand if you pay 300 bucks for xp pro and can only use it on one computer in your home when you may have 2 or 3 computers in your home. Its just a game between gates and hackers. Gates trys to stop them, and the hackers continue to beat him. They swore xp was never gonna be able to be hacked. Give it time. Some hacker will figure out a way to do the same with vista. Let the games begin. My money would be on the hackers. When a man like gates can afford to donate billions to charity money is not the issue. He is just giving money to charitys and we all know how honest they can be at times.