Re: {OT} Windows source code leaked to the internet

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From: techie
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:28

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:18:05 +0000, Phred wrote:

> In article <c0l023$184srl$1@ID-200043.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Paul"
> <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>* ProteanThread * wrote:
>>
>>> does this mean that Windows is now freeware ?  :o)
>>
>>No, but it means a lot of security patches may be obsolete. Time for us
>>all to move to Linux!  :)
> 
> If having access to fragments of source code compromises security, then
> why do you recommend Linux?

Linux was developed knowing that a hostile world would have the source code,
and thus much care was taken in making design decisions. Open source code also
means that the OS has evolved under heavy scrutiny by computer-science
academics, security specialists, and justifiably paranoid governments, not to
mention millions of curious programmers and hobbyists.

By contrast, Windows was developed in secret without all that scutiny, and in
the expectation by its developers that their source code would remain hidden
from the world.

However, I tend to agree with those who say that this release of source won't
hurt Windows security - it's already so bad that hackers have been doing just
fine without the source code.

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