SP2 me!

I've got it!

It's awesome getting something free via airmail from microsoft! (though, i understand that the cd was distributed from "Navi Mumbai").

BTW, that got me thinking. Why wud microsoft send free cds worth Rs.100 for EVERYONE?

My theory is that, microsoft don't want any windows owner, even if he is running a pirated version of windows, to get a sp2-less vulnerablity. I guess most of the windows users are free software believers (euphemism for piraterss [more on this in later post]) and obviously wudn't wanna spend their fortune to download the hunky sp2. This will leave a lot of whiners whining how their pc got hijacked or was on the receiving end or giving end of a DDos attack and stuff like that, if there was no one to patch THOSE guys up.

So ask them to give their address and don't ask for a identity revealing productID or any commitment for the user.

Neat idea, that is, if that is what is behind this free sp2 thang. Anybody know the actual reasons?