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The leak of Windows source code may have come from a computer at the offices of Microsoft partner Mainsoft, according to a report by BetaNews. Some of the more than 30,000 leaked files of code came from Windows 2000 Service Pack 1, the report said. In a statement released by Mainsoft, chairman Mike Gullard said that Mainsoft is cooperating with investigators in the probe.
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The FBI has joined the investigation of who leaked parts of the source code for Microsoft's Windows onto the Internet. Microsoft has pledged to work closely with the agency to trace the source of the release of the company's intellectual property.
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