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China Prepares To Examine MS Windows Code

Posted by timothy on from the and-yours-too-if-you'd-like dept.

Stargoat writes "CNet reports that China is looking into MS's source code for Windows. They are looking both to increase security as well as perhaps create a Chinese version of Linux. Or are they perhaps concerned with rumors of deliberate holes left in the software for the NSA to exploit?" Here's an earlier Slashdot post about the Microsoft-China agreement.

2 of 468 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Would You Trust a Chinese OS? by r00zky · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What reason to distrust? Remember that the OS they're sponsoring is opensource
    What about reasons to distrust the closed source OS from the country of the guys who gave us the Patriot Act and the Oil Crusade?

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    I'm a chainsmokin' alcoholic sociopath, so-ci-o-path
  2. Re:Couple of questions by robinjo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sorry to say but Samba is a better implementation than Windows. These guys even report bugs to Microsoft engineers.