Come on, now we both know it's impossible isn't it? Well, how about AGAINST Mr. Gates will? That's right. Huge portions of Windows NT & 2000 source code have been leaked to the Internet.

If right now, with the sources being kept secret, dozens of security holes are discovered in M$ operating systems every month.. Imagine the world's best hackers now scanning the code for vunerabilities? I'd say that hell is about to break loose.

Story details here http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,90200,00.html?nas=AM-90200

Microsoft's response here http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Feb04/02-12windowssource.asp

Slashdot thread (fun to read) http://slashdot.org/articles/04/02/13/165231.shtml?tid=109&tid=185&tid=187&tid=190&tid=201

well thats good news for windows users ;)

The thread title isn't right.
Leaked code is not open source.

Actually, the bad thing is that some news sites are trying to relate this to OpenSource by mentioning that the code was on a GNU/Linux installation.

cheers,
Maher

i wanna see

1) website making fun of the .eml in the code . (oops does that mean i got it ??)

2) website making fun of code comments

3) linus trovalds sueing Bill Gates .

4) el fara3na awell man 3amal windows *as always*


not the underground man myself , but i've regularly seen hints to the availablility of it , asked for on big exploits archive(hack.co.za) and news that MS has been cracked and people on efnet bragging about it .

we see the day its OUT
lets make this thread a daily updated one on the subject news .

Originally posted by MaherG
The thread title isn't right.
Leaked code is not open source.

The thread title is meant as a prank. It's called sarcasm.