Speaking for myself, I've never had a problem with either SP1 or SP2.
Regardless of what we '
grains of sand' think about weather or not anything is being forced down out throats - chew on a peice of rubber for a moment.
I'm sure that Henry Ford didn't cop such ignorant crap from the public after he produced his second, thrid or fouth car for the masses. Unless you are willing to sit down and write your own OS kernel - and make it available to the masses to criticise; then accept that the reality that life is not as perfect as you see it through your rose coloured glasses.
All OS's are extremely complex jigsaw puzzles, to expect a release without bugs/problems is to continue to wear those rose coloured glasses. If Microsoft did not provide and enforce the SP regime that they do, then they would be commercially irrisponsible and be liable for massive losses, should they occurr.
You have a choice to install SP1 / SP2. Like you have the choice to service your car, or change the bald tyres on your bike. If in the end it's forced upon you, then swallow the pill and keep walking.
That's my two cents.
