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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."

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  1. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let's see the Anti-MS crowd flip this around. Because you know they can and will.

  2. it doesn't matter by MasTRE · · Score: 0, Troll

    They are opening it up now because at this point it's so bloated that nobody would have time to go thru it during their natural life.

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  3. And the countries are.... by NIN1385 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pakistan
    Afghanistan
    Iraq
    Iran
    North Korea
    North Vietnam
    China
    Japan
    Germany
    Russia
    And anyone else with their eyes set on world destruction by utilizing its Nazi-like ways just like MS!

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