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Story: Microsoft readies XP SP2 giveaway

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If you choose to stop eating, you die. "Enough is enough" just doesn't work in computer world.

There will be never enough, whether you choose Windows or Linux, or exotic BeOS. If you choose to stop patching, you then better brace up for exploits that eventually will make your computer a "zombie" used to build attack force against other sites (less even belonging to YOU the "owner").

Yes, you can turn OFF the Automatic Updates and Firewall completely. But then you'll be responsible for the consequences.

The Express installation for SP2 will normally be around 100MB (vs Network installation made for admins which was 270MB last time I checked) -- not too much even for a dial-up (are there any dinosauri left as well?) -- a night's work on dial-up, 20 minutes on broadband.

So man, there's no point in whining about "I don't want". Just please keep things simple for us all -- please DO PATCH will ya? :)

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