Windows source code
The rumor mill has it that source code for (parts) of Windows NT and 2000 have been leaked onto the Internet. Some people claim all was leaked, some claim only parts, some claim it’s a fake.
My take: I don’t really care either way. If it’s really the Windows code, then flaws will be found, and new virii will be made. However, they won’t come any faster than they were before, and my inbox won’t be flooded any more than before.
However, this is a problem for open source projects. Developers for anything FLOSS will need to avoid any of this code like the plague, to avoid charges of contamination. I know I’m never going to look at it.
Also, even if the whole thing is there, this won’t change piracy rates at all. Both OS version are already heavily pirated already, and the overwhelming majority of people don’t have the resources necessary to build Windows from source, and no-one’s claiming that the build environment was leak. So, no new Windows builds from this.
I do wonder, however, how Microsoft will take all this. More later, I guess.
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