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Windows Source Leak Traces Back to Mainsoft

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Old 02-13-2004
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Windows Source Leak Traces Back to Mainsoft

BetaNews has learned that Thursday's leak of the Windows 2000 source code originated not from Microsoft, but from long-time Redmond partner Mainsoft.

The leaked code includes 30,915 files and was apparently removed from a Linux computer used by Mainsoft for development purposes. Dated July 25, 2000, the source code represents Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.


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Old 02-15-2004
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Whoa you guys removed that insulting part of code comment, what happened?
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Old 02-15-2004
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I found it of somewhat bad taste and not too informative so I decided to take that down.
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Old 02-16-2004
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Well done
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