I'm working on a quad boot system here (Win98, Win2k, one flavor of Linux and my own flavor of Linux) which will eventually become WinXP, Linux, Wingux and I've already come into posession of SEVERAL cracks for WinXP and copied them to floppy for easy access. I plan on using XP on about a half dozen PCs, MS, in their infinite ability to create infinitely simple security holes, will never even know I have ONE installed copy. I seriously doubt I'll even pay for it. And if I do, I'll buy it OEM with a new IDE cable or somthing
At any rate, they're oblivious to the fact that their users are smarter than they are and therefore cannot possibly stop us from exploiting security holes (however, this may be the first beneficial one EVER)