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If the OP already has an XP license laying around from a previous build, I would just stick with that. I use 2003 here at home for my server, but I got it through my college. The server OSes, while pretty robust, I would not describe them as foolproof by any means.
XP does the same share permissions as 2003, unless you create a domain in 2003, then the authentication method changes for any machine on the domain. However if the machine is not on the domain, you can type in user/pw and save it and it still behaves basically the same.
Smackre, if you have to buy 2003, I wouldn't bother unless you want to tinker with it for fun. Otherwise I would stick with an XP license.
You could also play around with linux. Ubuntu is the flavor of choice for the past couple of years or so, but there are tons of distributions to choose from.
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