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States Demand Windows Source Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-refuse-secret-source-software dept.

Zeb writes: "Looks like the states who are continuing the anti-trust case don't believe MS' claim that they cannot provide a stripped down version of Windows. They want MS to release the source code so they can verify MS' claims . Maybe MS shot itself in the foot here?" The Register has a story as well.

7 of 615 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Government bureaucrats complaining about bloat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -1,flamebait

  2. Re:Government bureaucrats complaining about bloat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as did i, but it is still flamebait

  3. Someone call the FAA! by Telastyn · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    'cuz pigs are about to fly.

  4. Which features can't be removed? by UsonianAutomatic · · Score: 3, Offtopic
    Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said the company had proved during the trial that it is impossible to remove software features from Windows without damaging the operating system.

    I got rid of Internet Explorer a few months ago, and my system is just fine.

    I wonder if their proof involved deleting C:\winnt\system32\kernel32.dll.
  5. Re:Let the Windows Source Jokes Begin! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Duh. That's the idle loop.

  6. Re:Who modded this down? by Ivan+Raikov · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Everyone seems blinded by the fact that this time it's microsoft who happens to be the victim. Doesn't anyone see that next time it might be the good guys getting fucked by the government?

    Hey... if Microsoft doesn't release its source code, the terrorists have already won.
    :-)

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  7. Re:Compile it by sllort · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, and me without any mod points.

    You're not supposed to moderate someone down because you think they're wrong.

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