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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?"

6 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. History Repeats itself by mp3LM · · Score: 0, Troll

    We've heard it before...history repeats itself.
    First Apply...and now AltaVista

    I wonder if they've stolen stuff from any other company.

  2. Isn't it ironic... by lachlan76 · · Score: -1, Troll

    That the company who's software is pirated more than any other software may be running on stolen code.

    We all knew that microsoft had lazy developers, especially when they said that Zero-Defect programming does not mean bug-free, just has features implemented. This is just the next step from a million buffer overflows.

  3. Re:Seems like this is happening a lot lately... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    omg yuo raelly have teh grasp of teh law-thingy .would yuo like to work for me at groglaw???

    plz!!

  4. Re:Seems like this is happening a lot lately... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't know about you but I never believe Microsoft was ever an ethical company. I mean really, did anyone believe Billy G when he said MS is Trustworthy.

  5. This is where my bad attitude shows by aminorex · · Score: -1, Troll

    1) The guy works for Microsoft, so he obviously has no morals. Why would you
    expect any better?

    2) It's not like he took anything of value,
    so pardon me if I don't shed a tear for
    hasta la vista.

    3) So who gives a flying frique?

    --
    -I like my women like I like my tea: green-
  6. Re:MSN's new search will be HUGE... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's a search engine going to do with all these videos?

    Why, it will report your site to the MPAA! Isn't it obvious?