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Microsoft Source Follow-Up

Posted by michael on from the no!-it-burns-my-eyes! dept.

shystershep writes "It's official. Microsoft admits that 'portions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code were illegally made available on the Internet.' No more details, although it seems clear that it is only a portion of the code. Microsoft is, naturally, downplaying its impact, while everyone else is busy speculating about how serious this could get." A lot of you apparently haven't read yesterday's story. An investigation of the code is already underway.

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  1. WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIONAL SECURITY?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Take a look at Kazaa - there's about 100 people sharing Windows source code right this moment. It's impossible to prevent it now. WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIONAL SECURITY? Microsoft said in court in 2002 (?) that it can not publish the source code of Windows because it would be a national threat. Why did the government let it happen if it really is so? Why allow them to show the code to China or Russia or some universities if it is a national threat like Microsoft claimed. Who has screwed up here and what will happen when terrorists will hire hackers to investigate the code?

  2. Anti-Trust by lithiumfox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ever since i've watched the movie, i had a feeling that something like that in the movie (were synaptic software source code was released to the world) was going to happen to Microsoft. It its just weird, that its like dejavu, that nothing can be completley secure, for every lock there is a key, and it just proves that anything possible. Now all we need to do is figure out who Microsoft had to kill to get their hands on "their" source code.

  3. Re:source out on the open by BigumD · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Five bucks huh. Really betting the company on this one, aren't you?

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    --The space between my ears was intentionally left blank--
  4. Re:INTERNET EXPLORER RELEASED UNDER GPL by Vicentin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who want's IE on Linux if we have mozilla :P

  5. Re:Karma WHORE. by diersing · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm not sure how to articulate the contents of the article (as demostrated when I submitted it a good hour before this story was posted and it was rejected). Rather than spin or taint it with my own point of view I C&P'ed it.

    I provided links so people could validate the source as I don't want anyone to think this is my work. The real reason I C&Ped it, is to prevent a good site from being slashdotted.

    You may now return to masturbating in your office, good luck with that.... personally, I'm not sure that validates your claim of having a life.