Bruce Schneier, a respected security analyst, in this NetworkWorldFusion op-ed, opines that “Microsoft’s actions speak louder than words” in denying pirated versions of Windows XP the Service Pack 2 security patches:
“Microsoft is harming its licensed users by denying security to
unlicensed users… This decision, more than anything else Microsoft
has said or done in the past few years, proves to me that security is
not the company’s first priority.”