Source Code Leaked? [Windows]

[fryke]

According to several other sources (mostly heise.de) it's actually true that some parts of Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 have leaked. This does not mean people will be able to 'make their own' Windows, exactly. The danger people are seeing is that hackers might find (even more) bugs in the code and make available exploits for those systems. Whether those bugs are still in newer versions of Win2K or even WinXP isn't known either.

[hulkaros]

Giaguara RULEZ!

[bubbajim]

I wonder though.... You think maybe Microsoft allowed the leak?

What better way to push the old WinNT4 crowd out of their caves and force them to update in a wide-spread panic than to say that all the hackers out there have the source code to do some real damage to their NT4/2000 machines. I still use NT4 and I'm sure this may become the nail in the coffin to push our company to finally upgrade.

Keep it up MS, leak out the source code and keep us businesses on our toes to ensure we fill your pocketbooks..

Of course this is just my opinion and does not mean I have proof of this. It just seems too suspicious to me. Now if more of their source code is leaked (Win98 and the worst bug in the world WinME) and MS is crying foul like they had nothing to do with it, I would seriously start to think this devilish plot is valid.

[Ricky]

Originally Posted by bubbajim

I wonder though.... You think maybe Microsoft allowed the leak?

My goodness, no.

Windows XP is based off of code from both Win2000 and WinNT.

If a hacker looked through the code for long enough, the guy would find several gaping holes (No doubt, because no programmer is perfect) and exploit them in some way on a global scale.

This is not good news for Windows users.

[fryke]

Now _there's_ one good reason for open source operating systems. Because _there_ from the beginning everyone's looking at the code... Well... I guess MS will still try and use this 'leak' as a promo against linux (something along the lines of "see? source open. not good!").
I wonder if there's any new satanic messages to be found in those source files. ;-)

[soulseek]

last time i checked this was Apple news & rumors :P cummon move this to the cafe

[hulkaros]

[Arden]

I can see the press statements now...

"We screwed up and our code got out into the open, leading to the possibility of even more hacks, worms, and viruses for our devoted *cough*yeah right*cough* customers. That's why open source is a bad thing."