In the stupidest security move microsoft has made to date, they've decided that pirated copies of microsoft products should not recieve security patches.

What's next, 'How to write a worm', published by Microsoft Press?

[ This was inevitable. Its a good idea for their business and a bad idea for computer security on the whole. Its hard to argue that Microsoft has a moral obligation to patch stolen software, but on the other hand this is going to make a bad situation worse. ]

-I think this will backfire on them. All we need is a few very fastly spreading worms and the damage to their reputation will increase as linux's user friendliness increases.

I don't think its a good move on their part - for a lot of reasons.

Microsoft: No Patches for Pirated Windows