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Statement from Microsoft Regarding Illegal Posting of Windows Source Code

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Per Hansson, Feb 13, 2004.

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  1. Per Hansson TechSpot Server Guru

    REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 12, 2004 -- On Thursday, Microsoft became aware that portions of the Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code were illegally made available on the Internet. It’s illegal for third parties to post Microsoft source code, and we take such activity very seriously.

    We are currently investigating these postings and are working with the appropriate law-enforcement authorities.

    At this point it does not appear that this is the result of any breach of Microsoft’s corporate network or internal security.

    At this time there is no known impact on customers. We will continue to monitor the situation.

    Source: Microsoft
    Per Hansson, Feb 13, 2004
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  2. Spike Newcomer, in training

    Two words. Yea, right.
    Spike, Feb 13, 2004
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  3. Didou Bowtie extraordinair!

    Didn't MS decide to show certain portions of the Windows source code to Key Custommers in order to write software optimised for that platform ?

    I'm thinking the leak might be from one of those key customers.

    & BTW is it the complete source code to these OSes or just parts ?
    Didou, Feb 13, 2004
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  4. TS | Thomas Newcomer, in training

    They're not sure what's got out there yet supposedly, though they don't believe it was the full source code anyway. I guess it depends where the code came from until we know what portion's been released.
    TS | Thomas, Feb 13, 2004
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