It’s official
Microsoft has confirmed that “a portion of the source code for Windows NT and Windows 2000 has been posted on the Internet”. This is very interesting news, and contradicts other sources that claim the entire code for at least Win2k is out. The artical claims that piracy isn’t an issue, since not all the code is there, but that virii and worms are an issue, since it should be easier to find exploits with the code. The article claims this is Microsoft’s worst nightmare.
Other speculation is that Microsoft engineered the leak themselves, in order to help force users of those two OSs to upgrade to XP/2003. The upgrade rate has been extremely slow, with most corperate customers staying with 2k/NT. And why not, when they work, are stable, and XP/2003 have no real advantages? Of course, all this is just conspiracy theories at this point, and we’ll probably never know the truth.
I’m going to watch this story with interest as it develops.
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