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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