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Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over Net
(AP)

Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over Net
(AP) 02/12/2004 11:29 PM
AP - Microsoft Corp. said late Thursday that portions of its Windows source code — the tightly guarded blueprint of its dominant computer operating system — had been leaked over the Internet.

Microsoft source code leaked out

Microsoft source code leaked out 02/13/2004 12:48 AM
The software giant says part-blueprints of its Windows operating system have been leaked on the internet.

Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over Net

Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over Net 02/13/2004 12:58 AM
AP via Newsday Feb 13 2004 5:11AM GMT

Microsoft source code leaked

Microsoft source code leaked 02/14/2004 03:49 AM
NDTV Feb 14 2004 8:00AM GMT

Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over
Internet (AP)

Microsoft Source Code Leaked Over
Internet (AP) 02/12/2004 10:07 PM
AP - Microsoft Corp. said late Thursday that portions of its Windows source code — the tightly guarded blueprints of its dominant operating system — had been leaked over the Internet.

Microsoft source code leaked over
Internet

Microsoft source code leaked over
Internet 02/12/2004 10:18 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Feb 13 2004 2:52AM GMT

Microsoft Focuses on Leaked Source Code
(AP)

Microsoft Focuses on Leaked Source Code
(AP) 02/18/2004 06:45 PM
AP - Microsoft Corp. is sending letters to people who are downloading or sharing portions of its Windows source code, in an effort to stop the illegally obtained operating system blueprints from spreading further over the Internet.

Microsoft source code is leaked on
Internet

Microsoft source code is leaked on
Internet 02/13/2004 04:47 AM
AP via Sunspot Feb 13 2004 8:34AM GMT

Windows source code leaked, says
Microsoft

Windows source code leaked, says
Microsoft 02/13/2004 02:03 AM
CBC Feb 13 2004 6:37AM GMT

Microsoft focuses on leaked source code

Microsoft focuses on leaked source code 02/18/2004 08:17 PM
Boston Globe Feb 19 2004 0:47AM GMT

Microsoft source code leaked on the
Internet

Microsoft source code leaked on the
Internet 02/13/2004 04:47 AM
Toronto Star Online Feb 13 2004 8:39AM GMT

Profanity hidden in leaked Microsoft
source code

Profanity hidden in leaked Microsoft
source code 02/13/2004 10:30 PM
CNN Feb 14 2004 2:52AM GMT

Microsoft Confirms Source Code Leaked
Over Internet

Microsoft Confirms Source Code Leaked
Over Internet 02/12/2004 11:24 PM
Microsoft Corp. confirmed late Thursday that portions of its Windows source code—the tightly guarded blueprints of its dominant operating system—had been leaked over the Internet.

Microsoft Windows 2000 source code
leaked

Microsoft Windows 2000 source code
leaked 02/13/2004 02:30 PM
Marc Bejarano (Feb 12 2004)

Microsoft Says Parts of Source Code Were
Leaked (washingtonpost.com)

Microsoft Says Parts of Source Code Were
Leaked (washingtonpost.com) 02/13/2004 12:47 AM
washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp. last night confirmed that portions of the source code for two versions of its Windows operating system have leaked onto the Internet, a security breach that could give hackers important intelligence about how to exploit flaws in software run by many of the world's computers.

Parts of Microsoft source code for
windows leaked

Parts of Microsoft source code for
windows leaked 02/14/2004 02:35 AM
Hi Pakistan Feb 14 2004 6:42AM GMT

Microsoft issues warning to downloaders
of leaked source code

Microsoft issues warning to downloaders
of leaked source code 02/18/2004 06:53 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Feb 18 2004 11:17PM GMT

Microsoft seeks to stop spread of leaked
source code

Microsoft seeks to stop spread of leaked
source code 02/19/2004 02:37 AM
thestar.com.my Feb 19 2004 6:43AM GMT

Microsoft grapples with company's jewel
source code leaked online

Microsoft grapples with company's jewel
source code leaked online 02/13/2004 03:23 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Feb 13 2004 8:07AM GMT

Parts of Microsoft source code leaked
over Internet, software giant says

Parts of Microsoft source code leaked
over Internet, software giant says 02/12/2004 11:37 PM
Financial Post Feb 13 2004 4:09AM GMT

MS Source Code Illegally Leaked

MS Source Code Illegally Leaked 02/13/2004 01:24 PM

Microsoft came out and admitted yesterday that portions of the source code for Windows NT and Windows 2000 had been made available on the Internet.

They're not sure just yet who is at fault — source code is made available to third-party vendors for development purposes, but those developers are sworn to secrecy, but somebody hosed the program. MS is not yet sure just how serious the breach is.

In an article on The Register, John Lettice comments that...

The impact of the leak is however massively more important for Microsoft than it is for the rest of the world, as it effectively blows the company's 'security via obscurity' approach to smithereens. Over the past year or so it has, with much pomp and ceremony, unveiled its shared source programme as a counter to open source, while in the same period it has repeatedly stressed that it cannot disclose some aspects of its code to rivals for security reasons. If they could see it, it would leak, and then evil terrorists would be able to break into Windows more easily. Microsoft, incidentally, currently has the shared source web site as a 'related link' on the leak statement page. Are you entirely sure about this relationship, dahlinks?

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Search on for source of leaked Windows
code

Search on for source of leaked Windows
code 02/13/2004 06:44 PM
Investigators are looking for clues as to how source code for Microsoft's Windows OS made its way onto the Net. An error report found in the code includes information related to a Microsoft partner.

Windows 2000 source code leaked?

Windows 2000 source code leaked? 02/12/2004 08:53 PM
ZDNet Feb 13 2004 0:37AM GMT

Columnist: Open Source the Leaked Code

Columnist: Open Source the Leaked Code 02/15/2004 10:31 AM

Why Microsoft Should Open Source the Leaked Source: From the "never-gonna-happen" department, this guy says that Microsoft should just open-source the code that was leaked last week. He makes a good case, but there's no chance Bill would actually go for it.

Why not make lemonade out of lemons by doing the unthinkable: Redistribute the complete NT4 and Windows 2000 code base via either a fully OSS-certified or quasi-open-source license on the MSDN web site?

Sound crazy? Maybe. But think about the positive implications of a fully Microsoft-sanctioned complete release of this code...

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Parts of the source code for Windows are
leaked onto Internet

Parts of the source code for Windows are
leaked onto Internet 02/13/2004 11:58 AM
IHT Feb 13 2004 3:51PM GMT

the Windows 2000 and NT source code has
been leaked on the internet

the Windows 2000 and NT source code has
been leaked on the internet 02/13/2004 07:16 AM
this page on neowin.net .. esta nota de NeoWin .. Neowin .. looked

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Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

Microsoft code leaked

Microsoft code leaked 02/13/2004 09:07 PM
Electronic Telegraph Feb 14 2004 1:40AM GMT

Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source

Why Microsoft Should Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
ANALYSIS: Redmond would be smart to make lemonade out of lemons by releasing the rest of the Windows code and letting developers have at it.

Top secret Microsoft code leaked

Top secret Microsoft code leaked 02/13/2004 06:56 AM
Guardian Unlimited Feb 13 2004 11:16AM GMT

Microsoft core code leaked on Internet

Microsoft core code leaked on Internet 02/13/2004 09:07 PM
Irish Times Feb 14 2004 1:36AM GMT

Microsoft probes Windows code leaked

Microsoft probes Windows code leaked 02/13/2004 06:55 AM

Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders

Microsoft Warning Leaked Code Traders 02/19/2004 04:53 PM

Leaked Microsoft Code Rife with
Profanity

Leaked Microsoft Code Rife with
Profanity 02/14/2004 09:16 AM

Profanity, partner's name hidden in leaked Microsoft code: This is kind of funny.

It's not clear whether numerous profanities that are written into the code -- invisible to front-end users of the programs — were put there by Microsoft developers or those who got their hands on the files after them.

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Microsoft threatens downloaders of
leaked code

Microsoft threatens downloaders of
leaked code 02/19/2004 05:01 PM
Microsoft is sending out letters to many who have downloaded the leaked source code, warning them that they may be sued. In addition, they are alerting those doing searches for the code on P2P networks

overview of some of the comments in the
leaked Microsoft Windows code

overview of some of the comments in the
leaked Microsoft Windows code 02/16/2004 05:20 PM
safe for developers to read" ('We are Morons': Kuro5hin) .. Commenting on Windows source comments

kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
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'BetaNews': Microsoft code leaked from
Israeli's computer

'BetaNews': Microsoft code leaked from
Israeli's computer 02/15/2004 01:07 PM
Israel Business Arena Feb 15 2004 4:27PM GMT

CNN.com - Profanity, partner\\\'s name
hidden in leaked Microsoft code - Feb.
13, 2004

CNN.com - Profanity, partner\\\'s name
hidden in leaked Microsoft code - Feb.
13, 2004 02/15/2004 02:16 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/biztech/02/13/microsoft.source/index.html Eager to get their hands on Microsoft's secrets, a frenzy of Internet file sharing followed the leak of source code for the popular Windows NT and Windows 2000 software. I was watching the 'cut n past' go buy the night the Code was leaked on irc.2600.net. Funny stuff. Down right hard core at times. They grep'ed the F word, BUG, BUGBUG, stupid, etc.... who knew what was in there.

Microsoft acts to stop spread of leaked
Windows code

Microsoft acts to stop spread of leaked
Windows code 02/19/2004 01:22 AM
Straits Times Feb 19 2004 5:32AM GMT
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