--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure that this is a hoax. Is there > anything that would keep > M$ from using GNU Make?
Pride? Shame? I would assume they would use their own toolset, but I could be wrong. NT _is_ basically VMS with a GUI, so I guess they could be using real tools to develop their OSs with. :) > Doesn't mean they have to > use gcc. We already > know that they used BSD code in their kernel. True. However, Microsoft gurus who sound like they know say it can't be the complete source to XP, as that is ~50GB. And others have pointed out that in the supposed file list there are subdirectories for "ppc / ppcmac / alpha / mips". Of course, it could be just part of the complete source. I am going to reserve judgement until there is more evidence available. Now that the story has hit /., every pimply-faced, thrill-seeking geek is going to be seeding P2P servers with gigabytes of garbage claiming it is the Windows source. At best, it is an unsubstantiated rumor. ===== John Hebert 'cat /dev/random | perl' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
