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New China to view Windows code
[link|http://news.com.com/2100-1007-990526.html?tag=fd_top|story]

Microsoft on Friday signed a pact with the Chinese government to reveal the Windows source code, making China among the first to benefit from its program to allay the security fears of governments.

In addition, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted that China will be privy to all, not just part, of the source code the government wishes to inspect.


Why them, and not the US? Maybe it has something to do with China's announcements about going with open source perhaps?
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New Will they be allowed to compile it?
If this is part of the same program that will allow other governments to view source code, as the article seems to say, then they will still not be allowed to compile the code. If you can't compile the code and compare the binaries to what you're running, there is no assurance whatsoever that the code you're inspecting yields the software you're running.

There's no reason not to compile, either. Even in a clean room with no external connections, you can inspect the code and compile it. You can then generate a checksum and compare this to the checksum on what you're running. If they don't allow this, they aren't really providing anything.
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New Surely we may hope that, in all of China: someone knows (!)
New Sure, but did anyone talk to *them* before signing a deal?
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New Isn't China making a Windows 98 clone?
I wonder how much of that Windows code will be in the China Windows 98 software? ;)


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New Yep - 15mins later, you want another OS
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New Can you guess how they'll name it?
New Fat Dung 1.0
     China to view Windows code - (lincoln) - (7)
         Will they be allowed to compile it? - (drewk) - (2)
             Surely we may hope that, in all of China: someone knows (!) -NT - (Ashton) - (1)
                 Sure, but did anyone talk to *them* before signing a deal? -NT - (drewk)
         Isn't China making a Windows 98 clone? - (orion) - (3)
             Yep - 15mins later, you want another OS -NT - (deSitter) - (2)
                 Can you guess how they'll name it? -NT - (morganek) - (1)
                     Fat Dung 1.0 -NT - (Ashton)

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