Actually, most of the FUD comes from the [severely retarded and mis-informed] media. They look for sensationalism anywhere they can find it and feed off of a person's desire for that 15 minutes of fame. They know the fastest way to arouse anti-Microsoft sentiment and rhetoric is to wade into a crowd of avid Linux users and start asking stupid questions. I personally don't like the way Microsoft does business, I think they charge WAY too much for their software, and I will NOT be "upgrading" (and I use that term loosely) to XP, nor will I endorse or support the use of .NET or C# (unless that's the only work I can get). Windows 2000 is the last version of Windows I will use on my computer at home. There's no FUD in my statement, just a somewhat informed opinion followed by a statement of intent. I am not a part of what I think you meant as "the Linux crowd", but at this time, Linux is the *ONLY* viable alternative to Windows for the PC.