Re: Microsoft opening its source to selected parties

[Tobias Haustein <T.Haustein () AIXIGO DE>]

Dan Harkless wrote:

>     In a major extension of corporate policy, Microsoft has quietly started
>     a program to provide selected large enterprise customers with copies of
>     the source code for Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server
>     and Data Center), Windows XP (released betas) and all related service
>     packs.

It is not well known, but Microsoft has given the source to universities
and research labs for some years now. There has been a web page at
research.microsoft.com concerning this matter and describing the
procedure to get the code. However, I'm not aware that this has led to a
significant increase in system security. I don't remember, whether it's
allowed for the researchers to talk about the code or about problems
with it.


Ciao,

Tobias Haustein

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