You tell 'em GG! No, seriously, XP might not be the most secure OS around but it is possible to harden XP to quite a large extent. Another thing you want to consider is that XP is definitely more secure than any of the Win9x series and possibly even WinNT (4.0). Another thing about XP is that a lot of the holes found in XP were also found in a lot of other MS OS's. All in all, I would actually commend MS for XP and I feel that XP is a step in the right direction for MS. Now if only .NET server is a larger set. <sighs wistfully>
Cheers,
cgkanchi