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Microsoft To Share Office Source Code

Posted by Hemos on from the aftershocks-to-ensue dept.

I_Love_Pocky! writes "According to this article, Microsoft is going to give its source code for Office 2003 to more than 30 different world governments. The purpose? So they can inspect the code for security flaws."

2 of 348 comments (clear)

  1. how to adopt MSOffice2003 formats by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Its simple download OO at:

    http://www.openoffice.org

    and best bet no security flaWS!!!!

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    Don't Tread on OpenSource
  2. WARNING WARNING by slashname3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is a trick to taint as many programmers as possible. By releasing the source code MS will then be able to go after open source software in a year or two claiming that proprietary code has been used getting the courts to grant them huge sums against various firms using open source products.

    This includes those products that were reverse engineered since similar code has to be found in the open source programs to make them compatible with MS programs.

    WARNING WARNING Will Robinson!