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Windows 2000 source code posted online
News Microsoft is investigating how a file containing some protected source code to Windows 2000 was posted to several underground sites and chat rooms. In testimony during the Microsoft antitrust trial, Jim Allchin, the company's senior vice president...
[February 13, 2004, 7:20]
Aussie govt to see Windows source code
News The Australian government is to gain access to the source code underlying Microsoft's Windows operating system, after signing an agreement with the software heavyweight in Canberra yesterday. Under the program, governments are given controlled...
[August 14, 2003, 10:20]
Windows 2000 source code posted online
Talkback I guess this means that code will be returned back to the people it was stolen from human knowledge belongs to the world! Antiturst 2000)
[February 13, 2004, 9:54]
Windows 2000 source code posted online
Talkback The source is open - take shelter, MS victims! Time for the Linux revolution!
[February 13, 2004, 12:35]
Aussie govt to see Windows source code
Talkback Under GSP, is it possible for the government to modify the Windows' source code, or add some functionalities to Windows' security feature? How can Microsoft assure that the source code is genuine and corresponds with certain build-number of Windows?
[August 15, 2003, 14:12]
Man jailed for selling Windows source code
Talkback Market forces confirm how much Microsoft source code is really worth. Only Microsoft were interested!
[January 30, 2006, 10:35]
Shared source: Get a limited peek at the Windows source code
News These programs are designed to provide qualified organisations access to the Windows source code, while ensuring that code doesn't go beyond the licensee and into unauthorised hands. If you followed the last 10 years or so of lawsuits against...
[May 29, 2003, 14:19]
Windows 2000 source code posted online
Talkback I don't think this is a "managed leak" by Microsoft, but consequently and certainly it pushes users of Win2K or NT into upgrading their current OSes to Win2K3 Server.
[February 14, 2004, 7:43]
Windows code leak 'not a security threat'
Talkback There are other bugs than string handling that the source code now enables to use. The RPC bugs were found with a code generated by custom dissassembler. The article is slightly wrong.
[February 15, 2004, 8:18]
Maxtor dumps open source for Windows
News This difference makes FreeBSD popular for companies that wish to add their own proprietary code to the mixture. Maxtor has switched from the open-source FreeBSD version of Unix to a special-purpose version of Windows 2000 for a new storage system...
[March 6, 2001, 7:08]
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code
News Microsoft said Friday that its inquiry confirms that a tool aimed to make it easier to load Windows 7 on a netbook does contain open-source code. As a result, Microsoft said it will make the source code for the tool available next week, as well as...
[November 16, 2009, 8:10]
Windows code leak 'not a security threat'
News Security experts say that Windows users are unlikely to face any increased security risks as a result of a leak of Windows 2000 source code discovered on Thursday, mainly because it is a simple matter for hackers to find Windows vulnerabilities...
[February 13, 2004, 13:30]
Microsoft releases Windows code
News Microsoft has made the source code of its Windows CE 3.0 embedded operating system available to developers in a bid to compete with the "open source" software development model that has become popular in recent years.
[July 23, 2001, 14:13]
Windows Forms to go open source?
News Microsoft is considering the release of source code for a popular tool used to build Windows programs. In a blog posting last week, Shawn Burke, a development manager at Microsoft's Windows Forms team, floated the idea of releasing the source code...
[February 8, 2005, 14:30]
US Report: Caldera furious as Microsoft loses its source code
News Claiming that Microsoft failed to provide all of the DOS and Windows source code required by the judge overseeing its private antitrust suit against the company, Caldera is poised to ask the judge to compel the software giant to turn over the...
[August 27, 1998, 9:27]
Governments to see Windows code
News Microsoft will share the source code underlying its Windows operating system with several international governments, a move designed to address concerns about the security of the OS. Under the program announced Tuesday, DanDan said, governments...
[January 15, 2003, 7:33]
US Report: Microsoft ordered to turn over code to Caldera
News A Salt Lake City Federal 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 in the Caldera vs. Caldera officials said Microsoft must turn over full...
[July 30, 1998, 9:08]
Windows leak threatens deluge of threats
News Microsoft's effort to make Windows more secure was dealt a heavy blow 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 disclosure would...
[March 3, 2004, 10:50]
Microsoft sends threatening letters to source-code posters
News Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies. Last week, Microsoft acknowledged that two 200MB files containing compressed...
[February 19, 2004, 7:40]
Bristol betting all on Microsoft suit
News Bristol Technologies filed a federal suit against Microsoft last August, accusing the software giant of illegally withholding Windows source code from the company. On the other hand, Blackwell said, "we knew we were about to build this dependency...
[June 3, 1999, 8:44]
