Jim Hague wrote:
> It seems (according to BBC & WSJ) that passwords to machines holding
> MS source have been quietly emailed to an address in St Petersburg
> (as in Leningrad/Petrograd) for the last 3 *months*. MS currently
> frantically trying to see if any little 'mods' have been made to
> their source base in that time.
ROTFLWG: It had to happen sometime.
Non-sequitors from the report:
1. "Microsoft is moving aggressively to isolate the problem and to
secure our corporate network" - company spokesman Rick Miller
"We are confident that the integrity ... " - same
"We're still trying to figure out how it happened" -same
NS: still figuring it out *and* securing the network
2. "This is a deplorable act of industrial espionage and we will work to
protect our intellectual property," -same
"[We are] making sure hackers could [can] not use the stolen
source code to change commercial software used by businesses,
governments and consumers." - Microsoft
NS: MS doesn't know what has really happened but they can secure The Source
> No sniggering at the back.
It's of little consequence. The thieves are hardly going to make the
source code they stole into Open Source.
> Today's food for thought. You have obtained the entire source for, say, W2k and
> O2k. What do you do with it?
Nothing. It's a rat's nest.
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