I have to laugh when I see a post like this. It's just made to start arguments. It's not like anyone is going to change their mind either way on priacy. If someone wants to pirate software they will find a good excuse.... at least in their own minds.
As for problems with Windows 2000, I've been running it for some time now on several systems and have only encountered minor problems. I also have run Linux and had minor problems with it. When Linux can run all the software that Windows can run, I'll consider switching to it. No matter how stable the OS, it's useless unless it runs the applications you wish to use.
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Shad0Hawk