...or cracked or leaked? In other words, will it be pirated like the previous operating system and serial keys will be posted on the Internet?

yup, there're some pretty smart hackers out there. and i think MS is expecting that's why their plan is not to let you have all the frills with vista unless it's a genuine registered version.

It always happens,what would make it different this time.Any way Bill Gates should give something free.But I don't think he can spell free.
But he sure knows how to make systems that really suck.Go to MSN updates.and do updates.How many times do you have to up date a up date with a fix up date,\.