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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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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 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]
China opens Windows code lab
News A lab to study the Microsoft Windows operating system source code was set up last week in Beijing, China. The report stressed the need for checking Windows source code for security loopholes especially in the light of recent hacker attacks.
[September 29, 2003, 12:15]
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]
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]
Windows For Sale?
News What would it mean 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 they enter settlement discussions with Microsoft and the Department of Justice...
[March 30, 1999, 6:58]
Microsoft to open source? Not likely...
News Despite reports suggesting that Microsoft may be considering releasing the source code for Windows 2000, a Microsoft executive responsible for the new operating system said he would be "surprised" if the company diverted from its strategy of...
[April 9, 1999, 15:07]
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]
Microsoft opens door to India
News India may soon become the latest Asian country to gain access to the source code of Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS). The move is largely designed to alleviate concerns about potential vulnerabilities within the Windows source code and...
[January 27, 2004, 10:10]
Microsoft makes source code plea to EC
News Microsoft has offered to make its Windows server source code available to people licensing its server interoperability protocols, in its latest attempt to achieve compliance with 2004's European antitrust ruling.
[January 25, 2006, 13:25]
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]
