I have no idea what version of XP sp2 the TFA author was using, because I've probably never had a crash over the numerous years I've used it. XP is by far the most stable OS of them all.

However, anecdotally atleast, I keep hearing of Vista crashing all the time. So the author claiming Vista is more stable than XP sp2 is just a load of bull, which makes me doubt the rest of his story.