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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.
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.
> 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.
...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..
"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!"