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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: HPC GUY on 31 August 2005, 00:35

Title: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: HPC GUY on 31 August 2005, 00:35

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5844505.html

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: Lead Head on 31 August 2005, 01:19

I believe it was the Windows NT 4 and 2000 source code

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: Kintaro on 1 September 2005, 17:23

This guy rules.

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: Refalm on 1 September 2005, 19:02

It would have been more interesting if he had GPL'ed the stuff.

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: muzzy on 1 September 2005, 19:14

Oh yeah. Instead of giving it away for free like everyone else did, he had put a message as a joke saying he had it. That's how the story went, and the only guy buying it was FBI or whatever.

Everyone and their dog had access to the source. He's just being made an example.

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: Kintaro on 1 September 2005, 19:21

Yeah, well thats life.

Title: Re: man pleades guilty for stealing windows code
Post by: themacuser on 27 September 2005, 12:41

That truly sucks.