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Post #76,176

1/22/03 1:44:21 PM

Looking for a link. . .

Do any of y'all remember the article (and have a link to it) where a M$ spokesman said that they didn't want to release any source code for Windows because it was such a mess that they figured it would cause too many security problems? Or something along those lines. Tx.

Post #76,199

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1/22/03 4:10:43 PM

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I remembered something about microsoft, source code, security, and\r\nthe Register. Google turns up [link|http://212.100.234.54/content/4/25291.html|Gartner's\r\nrebuttal], apparently to comments of Jim Allchin.\r\n

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Adding "Allchin" to the search terms, we find [link|http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-901088.html|News: Allchin: States\r\nwould weaken MS security]:

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"The more creators of viruses know about how antivirus mechanisms in\r\nWindows operating systems work, the easier it will be to create viruses\r\nor disable or destroy those mechanisms," Allchin testified.
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The story also suggests that share prevention (DRM) technologies\r\nwould be compromised by source disclosures.

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--\r\n Karsten M. Self [link|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n

Looking for a link. . . - (acagle) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2003, 01:44:21 PM EST

Link - (kmself) - Jan. 22, 2003, 04:10:43 PM EST

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