Hatred of its billionaire Owner,(Gates), why do so many PC people hate windows????? I don't hate Gates and I don't hate Windows. Win2000 or XP are really decent OS, as long as all drivers are ok. But I hate, loathe and distrust Microsoft. There are many reasons for this, I could fill a whole website with them. But someone else did this already: Kein Mitleid mit Microsoft! No mercy for Microsoft!. And I make really good money with Linux programming. ;)