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Windows Source Code Seller Arrested
prostoalex writes "New York Times says William O. Genovese Jr., 27, of Meriden, Conn. has been arrested by the Feds for selling source code for Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. It's not perfectly clear whether Genovese was selling the portion of the code that was leaked earlier this year or if he had access to other portions of Windows source code. The timing, though, coincides, as the code leaked in February, the same month NYT claims the entrepreneur obtained the source code."
Too bad he didn't have the right compiler, all he got were thousands of thousands of code errors when trying to compile it.
...is that the guy sold the source code printed on soft white double-ply. (unscented.)
I heard that people are now leaking the linux code all over the place ;)
He tried to use Paypal to sell it, or he sold it for only $20?? Apparently, he doesn't place a high value on MS's source code...
... now lets hope that in the next step we extend the arrest to sellers of Windows binary code.
You forgot Darl McBride on your list. I bet he would be happy to have finally code snippets that prove that intelectual property was stolen. :-)
That'll teach him, he should have released it under the GPL.
GETPKG - Package Management for Slackware
Now if we can just get the person or persons responsible for wasting so much of my productive time with their crappy code....
10 LET BILL=10
20 LET STEVE=9
30 IF BILL>STEVE PRINT "HA HA STEVE IM COOL, LOVE BILL"
40 GOTO 10
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
I will sell you the sources of Linux for only $10
-Cash only of coarse. paypal is not safe as it turns out.
-anonymous here. just reply to this message with your street adress & phone.
Special price for you my friend!
> This should never happen, as it is totally against
> the concept of a modern constitutional state.
Get a grip to reality, we're talking about the US here.
It's SO easy to get the code legitimately from Microsoft. All you have to do is form a huge country and threaten to convert over to Linux from Windows for security concerns. Ballmer will probably fly out himself with a copy of any source code you desire.
Now isn't that easier than committing a felony?!
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
were the comments:
// Did stuff here when drunk,
// seems to work, don't change!
// Obfusticate code and use really
// old librarys, this should annoy
// some Wine devs muhahaha
// Struck a deal with Symantec to
// leave this vunerability in, don't
// change!
*sigh* I wish they could convict my mother-in-law of this.
I pulled a jack move to cop this sig
Inside sources indicate there will be a fraud charge added: he was representing that this was the code of an operating system.
I think it's brilliant.
If he fell the Feds nearing, then putting it up on eBay was the smartest thing to do.
Now, he can plead insanity.
Or at least moronity.
I totally agree with you, but I think we should also not publish the names of the convicted, as we may offend their delicate sensibilities. Oh, and all criminal records must be expunged upon finishing the sentence for your crime, so that it doesn't hang over your head for the rest of your life. In fact, let's use secret code for criminal charges, so nobody will even know what crimes a person is accused of. We want these people to be able to walk proud amongst us, not as a possible danger to society, but instead as heros for pointing out potential weak spots in our social rhetoric. And for all you pukes out there, that's spelled h-u-m-o-r. And it was sarcastic. Look it up.
...for distributing Microsoft Source Code.
That is one of the biggest causes of viruses and technical failures around. He is just spreading it!
...someone was arrested for selling shit! ...oh..wait..
Let me break down the points for you since u seem to have trouble. - William is not a criminal - The Manhatten FBI did a horriable job at evidence recovery - 20$ does not justify 10 years and 250,000 fine - Source code is freely available, its too late for microsoft or the feds to do anything about it to stop it. Hope that clears it up for you. Let me know if you need any other help with english.
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Joe Random Public (43.5) was arrested for stealing excrement from public lavatories and selling it on as the latest New Age healing technology, a practice he claims has been practiced for thousands of years in villages just south of Peru.
Heaven only knows what the psychiatrists are going to make of this guy.
49 state governments? i hope that's not my state you've lost...
"You get the code, look for flaws, write a program that exploits the flaws, and say "Hey Microsoft, give us $50,000 or we'll release this new virus that will wipe out every computer running Windows 2000 that's connected to the Internet.""
Microsoft: "Oh no, not again!"