Why I'll never buy Windows XP

Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 does everything I need it to do. I have legally purchased copies of NT 4.0 Server, NT 4.0 Workstation and upgraded my laptop by purchasing Windows 2000 Professional. I even have a very old '486 machine still running Windows 95, just for kicks. I have a copy of Office 97 installed on one of these computers and I've purchased a copy of Word 98 for my Macintosh. All in all, I've spent quite a bit of money with Microsoft and the software works just fine for what I use it for at home.

But now the line has been drawn. With the introduction of "product activation" and the amount of personal information you have to provide just to get your purchased software to work, I have decided to no longer follow the "upgrade trail." Under the new user agreement with Office XP, if I decided to un-install the software from my desktop PC and put it on my laptop instead, I would be denied.

Read more and decide for yourself: Boycott Microsoft!