Renoir,

I've never been a big Brian Livingston fan but I tend to agree with him on this one, especially on the Passport issue. I really resent having to sign up for Passport just to exercise my privledges as a MSDN Universal Subscriber. I paid hard-earned cash for that subscription; Microsoft is the supplier and I AM THE CUSTOMER, a concept they don't seem to understand.

I received the released versions of XP in the latest MSDN shipment but I'm not going to rush into installing it. I have had good results with W2K and see no reason to switch at the present time.