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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.

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  1. Re:I don't see WHY they want this by DrSkwid · · Score: 1, Troll

    I really don't see the reasoning behind this

    Gimme Karma!

    If you can't see, you'll never get any

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  2. Source code? Better yet... by fm6 · · Score: 1, Troll
    People often argue that MS deliberately introduces hidden features in order to trip up developers of competing applications. The evidence against that is that the applications that have hidden-feature-induced bugs include MS's own products!

    I'm not the first to point this out, but it bears repeating: having access to the source code and understanding the source code are two very different things.

    Which makes me wish that somebody was running a Windows clean room. If you needed to work with a Windows API with incomplete or incorrect documentation, you just submit a question to the Windows clean room, and they figure out what the API really does.

    Did I say that Microsoft doesn't do hidden features on purpose? I lied! It's all part of their monopolistic conspiracy! The antitrust settlement must require them to set up a clean room!

  3. They probably used the Unix V6 code... by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 1, Troll

    And the entire source code is full of comments that read:

    "You are not expected to understand this".

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