That's not the *only* reason. Alot of people just dispise Bill Gates. (think back to the cream pie'ing insodent ). In a very strange, round-a-bout kind of way, hackers are useful to the development to an operating system. Sure they cause havok, bring down systems, and cost companies millions of dollars, but they help Microsoft identify weak points, and even holes in their software security. Once again off topic ... but .. meh