Heh. I first thought of MS when I saw XP as well. :)

It's a similar issue to one I've seen on some forums. The display of post counts, to be specific. It's not exactly the same, since you can increase your own post count. But it is similar in the fact that people think a number on a web page reflects how good you are.

Which is funny, because my XP truly does reflect my Perl. Low XP, low Perl skills. But I'm working on them. :)