So what? That's a know issue, but it's better than nothing at all, which the XP FW has none of it.
That's just your opinion and it's a dime a dozen.
That the XP FW has missed the boat is the problem. It's my view point of it and not yours. And I have considered what you have said above to be nonsense.
But it's not in the user's face. Hell most users that are using the XP FW don't know about it and don't have a clue about it. Hell, they don't even know how to harden the XP O/S to attack, go look at the event logs or anything else for that matter.
What has this have to do with anything? What does this have to do with unknown applications/programs running on my machines, which the point is I don't need application control?
I'll tell you it's more nonsense talk from you that doesn't apply to anything.