Your arguments are comparing apples and oranges. Software is not a car or fire and has never killed anyone. If everyone who has a legal copy of XP patched their systems, then only those who violated the law and have an illegal copy would be affected by the latest worm or virus. They would be suffering the consequences of their choice to pirate the software. Why should Microsoft sanction that action (allowing the pirated copies to be patched)?

Our country was built upon freedom, which only works when individuals are held accountable. By not letting pirates patch their systems, Microsoft is holding them accountable!


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