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Judge Says Microsoft Must Give States Windows Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wheels-of-justice-grinding-slowly-but-unsurely dept.

murphro (along with many others) writes, "Reuters is posting a story describing how the Judge has ordered the release of Windows code to the states seeking antitrust sanctions. I doubt it will actually happen (because MS will fight it this to the end). But if it did, do you think we commoners would ever see it? And if you did get your hands on the code, what would you do with it?" Here's the Yahoo link. (The same Reuters story is on dozens of other sites, too.)

3 of 574 comments (clear)

  1. what would we do with it? by oozer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Port it to linux :)

  2. I know what they are looking for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Line 1171, url.cpp

    // we stuck this code in here to shaft netscape

    :)

  3. State programmers will modify it. by Nindalf · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll produce an IE-less Windows, and an installer for IE. They'll demonstrate it in court. It'll work fine. It will turn out to not be all that hard. Furthermore, the state programmers will point out that it would not have been significantly more difficult or costly to do that way than the integrated way. MS will not be able to rebut this to the satisfaction of the court. MS representatives will be found guilty of perjury. The judge will order them squished with an enormous gavel.

    At least, I think that is what they had in mind when they asked for it. I guess we'll see.