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Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders
An anonymous reader writes "Broadand Reports notes that Microsoft is now sending snail mail warnings to downloaders of the leaked source code. They're also apparently working in conjunction with several un-named peer to peer vendors to send out legal warnings to any users who search for the leaked code. The notice on Microsoft's website has been updated to reflect the new warnings."
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/
Once its leaked on the Internet, you can't take it back. People WILL take a peek at it. If Microsoft really needs to be convinced, they should talk to Pam and Tommy :)
Dear Sir, Please, please, please don't look for more exploits in our code! We've got enough already to keep us busy for the next decade or so. Signed, Your pals at Microsoft.
Probably a package that weighs 5 pounds, doesn't open right, has about 2 sentences of actual use, and then crubmles while being read.
I don't try to be right, I just try to make people think
(pun intended)
They're also apparently working in conjunction with several un-named peer to peer vendors to send out legal warnings to any users who search for the leaked code.
Oh my God, that's great.
Anyone want to suddenly start hopping on kazaa and posting spoofed search requests for "leaked windows 2000 code" which appear to be coming from the IP addresses of the White House, the Dennis Hastert re-election campaign, various randomly selected people, entire blocks inside of Time-Warner...
It could be like a p2p reverse honeypot.
Once a few thousand people start getting threatening legal notices from MS for something they didn't do, what happens next?
"seems like a natural, uh, application, for the freenet project ;)"i>
Nothing like being moderated up for encouraging people to break the law.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
Does this mean that Windows is open source. Is it cool to use Windows yet?
But it was kinda buggy.
- - - If the sun is a star, why can't I see it at night?
I was wondering why when I tried compiling it, it stopped halfway through and I heard Madonna's voice scream, "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
I also reply below your current threshold.
Dear Peer-to-Peer user,
Please do not download our source code or we will be forced to sue you. We are not kidding, we will sue you. Seriously, we'll sue...
Sincerly,
Bill Gates
Reply
Dear Bill.
Please stop poluting the internet with your crappy source. Every time I search for porn now, I get coppies of some crappy pile of shit called winedows or something. Furthermore, don't even talk to me about frivilous litigation bub. I wrote that book.
Besides, your source leak is stealing my valuable press. How am I supposed to dump my stock if I can't pump it first.
P.S. Thanks for the license fees.
Yours in infamy,
Darl.
I am become Troll, destroyer of threads
Don't mess with Microsoft, they have the money and the power to track you down
if this is true, then why haven't I gotten my $245 from Bill yet? I forwarded that email to a zillion friends, waited two weeks, and still no check.
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I must have found one of these warnings - when I downloaded "Windows_source_code.zip", all it contained was a
"If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
They donated an old computer to Goodwill and some lucky techy picked it up.. Next time they should learn would FDISK.EXE does..
/.]
Seriously, who says it was a "leak", I think the on-going conspiracy theory is that it was intentional distributed.
[Don't trust everything you read.. Unless it's on
Mod +5 Drunk
That, and the whole stolen-intelllectual-property thing.
That said, while they are certainly within their rights, it seems to me like the cat's outta the bag. They won't be able to stop the real malicious types, the virus writers and pirates, so they may as well save their time. For that matter, they'd released enough source to governments and researchers that it was bound to happen sooner or later.
To sum up the article:
...taking a leak!
Microsoft can now sue you for...
<rimshot/>
.sig wanted. Inquire within.
For those of you still looking for the leaked source code here it is:
#include "windows.h"
#include "system_errors.h"
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "msdos_bugs.h"
char make_prog_look_big[1600000];
main()
{
if (detect_OS2())
freeze();
if (detect_cache())
disable_cache();
if (fast_cpu())
set_wait_states(lots);
set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
set_mouse(action, jumpy);
set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
set_icons(UGLY);
print("Welcome to Windoze 3.11111");
if (system_ok())
crash(to_dos_prompt);
else
system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE);
while(1) {
sleep(5);
get_user_input();
sleep(5);
act_on_user_input();
sleep(5);
if (rand() < 0.9)
crash(complete_system);
}
return(unrecoverable_system);
}
War isn't about who's right. It's about who's left.
The first companys named for inspection are google, sony playstation and Mac OS X.
I used to work for MacOSX, but they fired me. Now I work for Playstation.
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
CTO: 2k isn't safe anymore... you set aside funding for Longhorn, right?
CFO: Yeah, we put $100,000 in 10-year T-bonds yesterday...
-Rob
Marriage doesn't have to suck!
I just don't get it. No security breach. Not related to the SSI, nor GSP. Then how did it leak???? Psychics?
Bite my shiny metal... oops... Nevermind!
... because they put up an archive called "kernel-source-2.6.3.tar.bz2"
No one actually checked what it contained but blindly assumed it was windows. Heh. Funny world.
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Holy crap, Microsoft can find your physical mailing address if you download their source code...
Does that mean those people I laughed at in high school for circulating that thing about Bill Gates sending you $100 for forwarding this email were RIGHT?!
Damn, now I wish I'd been stupid enough to send that thing on - I could use an extra hundred bucks.
In post-9/11 America, the CIA interrogates YOU!
It had a EULA shrinkwrapped to it that said "Upon opening this letter I am hereby agreeing to..." so I just tossed it in the trash. I guess I'll wait till one of the letters gets leaked online, then I can just download it.
The only logical inference to be made is that they deliberately 'leaked' it themselves (as already made here and also quoted elsewhere).
A more psychological one is that they are not in a position to observe that there is no logic in their proposition.
CC.
TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
Barn Door
Close
Oh wait.....
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
I thought there's a CD or so worth of compressed code. You'd need a small font and/or a huge CD to get it to fit. Well, given the higher than average percentage of coders putting on XXXL t-shirts, you may have a shot.
Here you go:
#include <bsod.h>
#include <gigsofdlls.h>
int main (void) {
if ( 1 ) {
BSOD();
}
return 0;
}
After I get my network connection killed
X(7): A program for managing terminal windows. See also screen(1).
Print the source code and hang it to your wall. And every morning, before you go to work, make a deep promise not to write that kind of horrible crap! (Yes it's awful)
Gates: "Interesting Steve... What's this idea?"
Ballmer: "Well, suppose we leaked the 2K and NT4 sources on the Internet."
Gates: "I'm not sure I follow."
Ballmer: "Think about it. We've got stagnating revenue streams from companies who are still using NT4 and 2000. We've got people continually hacking our software. Are you seeing the connection here?"
Gates: "Sure, I get you: release the source code, so hackers can analyze it to find all the holes. We get free QA, and in the meantime, we can pressure our customers to upgrade to XP, because it's not vulnerable to these source code attacks. Thus, getting more money for us, from people who wouldn't have otherwise upgraded. Brilliant!"
Ballmer: "You're catching on. And hey, I just thought of an extra bonus! We can track down people who actually download the source code and sue them. That way, we get another auxiliary revenue stream from court, make ourselves look good by appearing to 'fight hackers,' and strengthen the hostile attitudes held toward open source software by linking them to our stolen source code! Another inch closer to having a lock-hold on the Supreme Court when they finally make the big decisions about the validity of intellectual property!"
Gates: "Why, this could have a favorable impact on the outcome of the SCO case, could it not?"
Ballmer: "Sure. Those stupid Linux fanboys and their 'take over the world' nonsense. They don't understand who they're playing ball with."
Here is some more code:
/* Microsoft Network Connectivity library */ /* For the court of law */
/* Standard Call, in
/* Delay */
/* in process.h */
/* Now
Subject: *** TOP SECRET MICROSOFT CODE ***
Project: Version - Windows 98
Microsoft marketing strategy (MARKET.EXE):
#include
#include
#include  ;
#include
#define say(x) lie(x)
#define computeruser ALL_WANT_TO_BUY_OUR_BUGWARE
#define next_year soon
#define the_product_is_ready_to_ship another_beta_version
void main()
{if (latest_window_version>one_month_old)
{if (there_are_still_bugs)
market(bugfix);
if (sales_drop_below_certain_point)
raise(RUMOURS_ABOUT_A_NEW_BUGLESS_VERSION);
  ; (while(everyone_chats_about_new_version)
make_false_promise(it_will_be_multitasking);
lie.h */
if (rumours_grow_wilder)
make_false_promise(it_will_be_plug_n_play);
  ; if (rumours_grow_even_wilder)
market_time=ripe;
say("It will be ready in one month);
order(programmers, stop_fixing_bugs_in_old_version);
order(programmers, start_brainstorm_about_new_version);
order(marketingstaff, permission_to_spread_nonsense);
vapourware=TRUE;
break;
switch (nasty_questions_of_the_worldpress)
case WHEN_WILL_IT_BE_READY:
say("It will be ready in", today+30_days," we're just testing");
break;
case WILL_THIS_PLUG_AND_PLAY_THING_WORK:
say("Yes it will work");
ask(programmers, why_does_it_not_work);
pretend(there_is_no_problem);
break;
case WHAT_ARE_MINIMAL_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS:
say("It will run on a 8086 with lightning speed due to"
" the 32 bits architecture");
inform(INTEL, "Pentium sales will rise skyhigh");
inform(SAMSUNG, "Start a new memorychip plant"
"'cos all those customers will need at least 32 megs");
inform(QUANTUM, "Thanks to our fatware your sales will triple");
get_big_bonus(INTEL, SAMSUNG, QUANTUM);
break;
case DOES_MICROSOFT_GET_TOO_MUCH_INFLUENCE:
say("Oh no, we are just here to make a better world for
everyone");
register(journalist, Big_Bill_Book);
when(time_is_ripe)
arrest(journalist);
brainwash(journalist);
when(journalist_says_windows95_is_bugfree)
  ; order(journalist, "write a nice objective article");
release (journalist);
break;
while (vapourware)
introduction_date++;
if (no_one_believes_anymore_there_will_be_a_release)
break;
say("It will be ready in",today+ONE_MONTH);
release(beta_version)
while (everyone_is_dumb_enough_to_buy_our_bugware)
&nbs p; bills_bank_account += 150*megabucks;
release(new_and_even_better_beta_version);
introduce(more_memory_requirements);
if (customers_report_installation_problems)
say("that is a hardware problem, not a software problem");
if (smart_customer_says_but_you_promised_plug_and_pla y)
ignore(customer);
order(microsoft_intelligence_agency, "Keep an eye on this
bastard");
if ( bills_bank_account>skyhigh && marriage>two_years )
divorce(woman_that_was_beatifull_when_I_married_he r);
wave(dollars, at_lusty_chicks);
marry(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
  ; devirginize(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
if (boobies_start_to_hang)
dump(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
&nbs p; if (there_is_another_company)
steal(their_ideas);
accuse(compagny, stealing_our_ideas);
hire(a_lot_of_lawyers);
wait(until_other_company_cannot_afford_another_law suit);
buy_out(other_company);
War isn't about who's right. It's about who's left.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
"Microsoft source code is [...]protected as a trade secret."
I never met anyone who could keep a secret forever.
--
Tsiangkun
So....you're saying MS should just do nothing?
You know what?
who knows, maybe later they will define the term "leak source code", and have update in their notice, "we did not have any leak source code". just wait and see.
The money was real, they just couldn't believe you had any friends :)
Anyway what's the point in seeing/having it?
To learn how to cheat at Solitaire?
Trust no one!
If the local state-run university my sons attends is any indication, everybody who wants a copy ALREADY has it!!
My son says that every computer science student he knows already has downloaded a copy and that students are eagerly trading copies among themselves!
The phenomenon is called "quantum jumping". The code jumped from one Quantum harddrive to another.
I can't seem to find the gigsofdlls header file...
I have his picture of Bill G. in my head walking around carrying a sack in the middle of the night going,
"Here kitty kitty.....
get back in this bag you little F---ing Batstard"
Americans could not be more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel. -Dennis Miller
Well personally i find it pretty shitty that some corporation thinks it has the right to tell me what i can and cannot 'search' for. Microsoft, go fuck yourselves, you let the code out, its in the open, you cant make that go-away.
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Stop the Slashdot effect! Don't read the articles!
Customers running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2003 who have installed all of the latest updates are not impacted
The use of the word "impacted" here is classic corpo-Pentagon-speak.
The correct word is "affected." For a person to be "impacted" has an entirely different meaning.
You'd think Microsoft would care about the distinction, since they are so full of shit.
"fuck" 13 times
:P I guess that's primarily because they don't have a strong community.
"shit" 577 times
"BUGBUG" 7462 times
having your source code stolen and released on the net for others to read...
priceless.
But seriously, if i had the source (which i don't) and a whole bunch of free time, I'd go through it line by line and find all the errors and post up a patches page and send it over to Microsoft so that they could fix it. Too bad they don't have the balls to just say it's out in the open and ask the community to read it over and fix it for them
---- The geek shall inherit the Earth.
You forgot this line:
:-)
#include "bloatedregistry.h"
I really have another userid as well
If Vegetarians like aninmals so much, why are they eating all their food?
"Don't mess with Microsoft, they have the money and the power to track you down, even on Internet and through P2P networks. And they will, this is just an example and a warning."
/. about how microsoft tracked you down.
Let me know where you live. A couple friends of mine would like to go war-driving over by your place.
They'll download the code a couple dozen times, and then we can hear you bitching on
I should also mention that this statement "I will never download the source code and you should better not try too." Makes you sound like quite the pussy. Way to go "Zeux", I think I hear your mother calling.
Taking something off of the internet, is like taking pee out of a swimming pool...
Once upon a time, people respected the law, and usually obeyed it. They respected police, and thanked them for doing a hard job and protecting the community.
Specifically, that was from 12:30 to 3:45 PM, October 24th, 1955.
Just in case anyone was curious.
The sexual revolution was in the 60's, man. :-)
It died in the 80's.
It sure did for me, that's all I know...
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
BTW, I tried to include more of the source, but Slashdot complained "Too many junk characters." :-) I wonder if that's indicative of the true source.
Dave
FPGA, Wireless, ASIC, Verilog, VHDL, HW, 10yr exp, Team Lead, Ottawa (More? Email above. slashdotusername=dgmartin98 )
The best part of all is that there's no cat.
Does my bum look big in this?
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Dear Bill,
You suck.
yours truly,
Cary
PS Wanna be my friend?
yes, but on a p2p network, you search and download stuff you know damn well you don't have a legal right to. Atleast in the garage sale example, you have no way of knowing if it is stolen, and no reason to suspect it is stolen...
john titor obviously brought it from the future.
wheres my cookie
I'm activey downloading the code right now (I'm at 70 of 240M). I don't mind doing a bit of jail time to look at the code. I'm just curious. Is that a crime?
Sounds like a good start for a mini-series....
Check out my sci-fi/humor trilogy at PatriotsBooks.
An infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards....
Did you install the SDK before you tried to compile it?
this is beautifully slash-zen: two diametrically opposed posts both modded "informative".
pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.
Dude, if those are your friends, you should take a break from recompiling the Linux kernel and get out a little ;-)
Shame on Google.
No, "Information wants to be tied up and spanked." -- Faulty Dreamer on kuro5hin
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