READ: WinXP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story

[TechZ]

excerpt:
Windows guru Paul Thurrott has thrown up an amazing interview on his site, dealing with the creation of Windows XP SP2. Thurrott sat down with several of the project leads of SP2, and ended up painting a great picture of how this important security-focused update came to life.

The interview also outlined that SP3 is currently not scheduled to add additional features to XP:

SP3 for Windows XP is slated to be a service pack the way we've always done service packs, and not to be a major upgrade. It will focus specifically on QFEs and fixes [to bugs] that are reported by customers. It should not contain new features... SP3 will be a regular customer fix, and also anything that we might find that's security related as part of our regular investigations.

Read Interview: Windows XP Service Pack 2: The Inside Story

[NooNoo]

Nice read... one thing I have learned in the short time I have had my MVP - Microsoft employ real people who genuinely want their stuff to work.

[TechZ]

but people are never gonna understand that NooNoo, its always easier to bash MS, rather than install an AV and remove your P2P crapware, and be more responsible on the internet.

People think, yeah its all MS fault my PC crashes all the time and they keep reading bad press on MS, and assume the rest.

They dont realise that since so many people run MS apps, its easier/more common to find more faults with it.