Here's supposedly a list of the files in the supposedly stolen source package: http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~mortehu/files.txt
I'm not sure this isn't a hoax. Notice the presence of "gnumakefile" scattered throughout the list. I doubt M$ is using GNU's make to build their OSs. --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Holy *&^%!!!!! This should prove to be quite > interesting if true over > the next couple of months! > > Shannon > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Amit Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: February 12, 2004 3:53:58 PM CST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LSU-ITINFO] Windows NT, 2000 source code > has been leaked > > Reply-To: LSU Information Technology Listserv > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I went to this from Slashdot, tried to get to > neowin's website but it > > was already heavily loaded. > > > > <<< posted by ~momerath2003 >>> > > Neowin has learned of shocking and potentially > devastating news. It > > would appear that two packages are circulating on > the internet, one > > being the source code to Windows 2000, and the > other being the source > > code to Windows NT. At this time, it is hard to > establish whether or > > not > > full code has leaked, and this will undoubtedly > remain the situation > > until an attempt is made to compile them. > Microsoft are currently > > unavailable for comment surrounding this leak so > we have no official > > response from them at the time of writing. > > > > This leak is a shock not only to Neowin, but to > the wider IT > > industry. The ramifications of this leak are far > reaching and > > devastating. This reporter does not wish to be > sensationalist, but the > > number of industries and critical systems that are > based around these > > technologies that could be damaged by new exploits > found in this source > > code is something that doesn't bare thinking > about. > > > > We ask that for the wider benefit of the IT > community that members > > and readers support Microsoft by forwarding > anything they know about > > the > > leak to the Microsoft's Anti-Piracy department. > > > > -- > Shannon Roddy > LIGO - Caltech > 225.686.3106 (work) > 225.933.7821 (cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== John Hebert 'cat /dev/random | perl' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
