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Shared source: Get a limited peek at the Windows source code

...Programs. These programs are designed to provide qualified organisations access to the Windows source code, while ensuring that code doesn't go beyond the licensee... Read more

29 May, 2003 by Jr and Sanders Kaufman

Windows leak threatens deluge of threats

...recently when someone apparently obtained and published a massive chunk of the Windows source code. The initial response of many security pundits was that this... Read more

3 March, 2004 by John McCormick

Microsoft opens door to India

...move is largely designed to alleviate concerns about potential vulnerabilities within the Windows source code and about hidden backdoors that could allow outsiders to retrieve... Read more

27 January, 2004 by Winston Chai

Aussie govt to see Windows source code

...the operating system. Under the program, governments are given controlled access to Windows source code and other technical information in a move the vendor says... Read more

14 August, 2003 by Iain Ferguson

Windows code leak 'not a security threat'

Security experts say Microsoft's embarrassing Windows 2000 source code leak is unlikely to have given hackers more ammunition Read more

13 February, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft widens access to Windows code

...is expanding a programme to give its Most Valuable Professionals access to Windows source code. Last October, it launched the Source Licensing Program for MVPs... Read more

20 July, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft opens Windows for UK

...there are other, undisclosed vulnerabilities lurking within the secret confines of the Windows source code. Under Microsoft's new programme, governments may visit Microsoft's... Read more

3 February, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Windows For Sale?

...to the industry if Microsoft Corp. is required to "auction off" its Windows source code -- as 19 state attorney generals are expected to propose as... Read more

30 March, 1999 by Mary Jo Foley

US Report: Caldera furious as Microsoft loses its source code

Claiming that Microsoft failed to provide all of the DOS and Windows source code required by the judge overseeing its private antitrust suit against... Read more

27 August, 1998 by Jo Foley

US Report: Microsoft ordered to turn over code to Caldera

...Court judge has given Microsoft five days from Tuesday to turn over Windows source code to Caldera as part of the ongoing evidence collection process... Read more

30 July, 1998 by ZDNet

Why Microsoft code leak worries me

If allowing some users to see Windows source code puts the security of the product in danger, then why... Read more

17 February, 2004 by David Coursey

Microsoft antitrust efforts: Windows dressing?

Microsoft is releasing some Windows source code to comply with an as-yet-unapproved November antitrust settlement... Read more

6 August, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Gartner: Force MS to publish source code

Gartner Group analysts believe that Microsoft should be forced to publish Windows source code as part of a DoJ punishment Read more

21 February, 2000 by Will Knight

US Report: Microsoft wants source-code protection

Microsoft is asking a judge to require anyone who views its Windows source code for evidence-gathering purposes in the DoJ antitrust suit to... Read more

5 August, 1998 by Lisa M Bowman

Microsoft lets users break its Windows

...demands of customers and software developers by giving greater access to its Windows source code. Craig Mundie, a senior VP with the company, will address... Read more

3 May, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

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