Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Christopher, > If you have access to WinNT source, you must be of some importance to > Micro$oft (or perhaps they are to you), so why are you on this mailing > list?
I am, I think, the only person at work who is not a PhD. One of my coworkers (http://www.aet-usa.com/aaj.html) [no comments about the website - we have been 'blessed' with a consultant ...], in conjunction with another professor, has some sort of direct access to the pursestrings of MS. The two of them (Dr. Jorgensen and James Whittaker) have made quite a name for themselves in the software testing arena, and for the university. They have access to much, if not most, of the source code to the NTs - current work (this is no secret) focuses on the Kerberos implementation in 2000. I would love to be able to use this to improve samba, especially on the domain controller code, but I have no desire to involve myself in such legalities. I can assure you that I have no loyalty to MS, nor do they to me - in fact, I've been quite miffed ever since the OS/2 fiasco. However, as far as coding goes, you have to code to market. My only loyalty is that they provide the platform from which much if not most of my income is derived. Now, as an aside, what good is access to the source if the upstream people simply don't give a damn? Christopher
