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Microsoft Source Follow-Up
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.
A lot of people didn't read the other article on Slashdot? What the f?
Get a job Michael, you homo.
FP nigz.
first code, suckers
Now there's finally evidence of sloppy coding (not that i can program.. suppose i'm being like the pot calling the kettle black...... meh.)
Look here for links.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Seriously, I'm so sick of fucking reading this from people. You are an idiot and anyone else who thinks like this is an idiot too.
1. Looking at source code doesn't magically put the programmer's brain inside your head.
2. How the fuck would MS even remotely know you downloaded it? Answer: they wouldn't.
3. MS would have to have source code of yours along with a reason to think you did something.
4. Don't be a fucking idiot and copy code line for line if you're gonna borrow from windows source. Change it up a bit.
There's not a single thing wrong with looking at this code. What you're saying is equivalent to saying, "Don't read the Satanic Bible or your soul will be tained." STFU, it will not.
It depends on if Bush wins or not. If he does, then OSS is dead.
This could lead to a similar situation to that seen within the Xbox developers scene - there's software developed to run on a modded xbox without using Microsoft's copyrighted XDK, which is semi-not-quite-yet-illegal and therefore can be considered "virgin" or "white", and software developed very much with the XDK which is illegal and which you have to look slightly harder for.
t ed software or content in their possession] demonstrates, there's a hella lot of them...
Could we see Virgin, White, Corporate Linux and alongside it dark Linux products, built to no legal compliance and used by the quite large group of people who don't care about copyright issues? As the flourishing 'piracy' culture [I'd guestimate 70-80% of any sample population will have borrowed/copied/cracked/shared/downloaded/shoplif
Will keeping the 2 seperate be one of the main challenges to Linux growth, development and ultimately commercial success?
Just my 1/50th of a theory.
The Slashdot Paradox: "100% Overrated"
the best exemple of BSD code in Windows (all version I think) is the ftp.exe file
It's also the best example of the inferiority of open source. Ftp.exe doesn't have essential features like Passive mode, without which your machine opens up a listening port. This leads to potential security vulnerabilities.
It also doesn't support the ftp command REST, which allows for resume of downloads. This comes in handy with enormous files transferred through a dialup connection.
It seems the better alternative to the poor quality of open source ftp.exe is the closed source CuteFTP or WS_FTP