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Microsoft Employee Allegedly Hacked AltaVista

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stolen-code-writes-itself dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Seattle PI has a story about Microsoft employee who worked on the MSN Search initiative having allegedly broken into AltaVista computers and stolen prorietary technology. However, the illegal break-in happened before he was hired by Microsoft. The question is, did Microsoft know anything about it? How much code was being written into MSN Search?"

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  1. Re:Yeah and also that damn Einstein... by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    While dumpster-diving for source code might be legitimately considered "standing on the shoulders" (or dumpsters) of others, I find it hard to see how Einstein - who did original work BASED on the previous efforts of others - can be compared with Gates nearly fraudulent purchase of QDOS.

    Only a Microsoft troll could accept this comparison.

    In other words, you're a fucking moron.

    --
    Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!