Windows 2000 Source Code Leaked :o

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">Karma? Malicious Hax0rs? Pudding?</div>My roomate pointed me to this on <a href='http://www.slashdot.org' target='_blank'>/.</a>

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PeterHammer writes "Neowin.net is reporting that Windows 2000 and Windows NT <a href='http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=17509&category=main' target='_blank'>source code has been leaked</a> to the internet. More on this as we hear it." <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hmm...

This is probably very, very big news. I mean AFAIK the full code for Windows has never been leaked, and if it has they did an outstanding job of covering it up.

Remember nubs, if you're the unsculprous kind of dink who downloads stolen code, be smart enough to keep your trap shut here. This isn't a trading stand or a endowment bragging convention.
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  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    Nor is it particularly legally intelligent to make it obvious that you have it.
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  • BizZy_9mm_MessiahBizZy_9mm_Messiah Old School Member Join Date: 2003-07-25 Member: 18411Members, Constellation
    edited February 2004
    Is this bad news for Windows Xp users also? Will this give hackers new ways to invade people's pcs? I tryed the link but it's busy right now.
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  • RyoOhkiRyoOhki Join Date: 2003-01-26 Member: 12789Members
    <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62645' target='_blank'>Also being discussed in the discussion forums <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--></a>
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Cool...maybe someone will edit the code and actually make windows worth the 200 dollars....or whatever stupid price it's at.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I'm surprised this hasn't happen sooner....

    Personally, I'd wait and see. The story might not be true, after all.
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  • Hand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_AgainHand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_Again Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 178Members
    It's now <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3484545.stm' target='_blank'>on the Beeb</a>, and Microsoft are confirming it as true. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

    Hmm.

    Definitely laugh. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Will this mean Windows will be overrun by people using wallhacks and aimbots?
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  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Hand Me The Gun And Ask Me Again+Feb 13 2004, 05:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hand Me The Gun And Ask Me Again @ Feb 13 2004, 05:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Will this mean Windows will be overrun by people using wallhacks and aimbots? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No. Just people running around waving their arms in the air and overreacting.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Well finally we get to know some of the code behind the OS'es that are most used, I hope it does ANY good to Windows...O.o
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  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    No good will come of this...

    No good will come of this, at all...
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    From what I have read at <a href='http://theregister.com/content/4/35547.html' target='_blank'>http://theregister.com/content/4/35547.html</a>, the leak is from 4 years ago. Don't you think if it was going to be 'very very bad' it would have happened by now?

    Carry on in Discussion... if you dare... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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