Because Microsoft is a corporation and is solely motivated by profit and thus will cave to letting China see the source code if it translates to sales revenue...
FTA: .. if Russia or China manage to find a security flaw by having access to the source code offered to them by Microsoft for national security reasons, there’s little to zero possibility that they will go public with it, as the competitive advantage from a cyber warfare/cyber espionage perspective is indisputable. China's motivation is it gives it the ability to discover vulnerabilities to use against its citizens and other governments/countries. Microsoft's motivation is cash. Of course, the average person ends up the victim - their Windows PCs are compromised and no one has the power to fix them. Thanks for the link! -- Brett Johnson simpleroute | 1690 Williston Road | South Burlington, VT 05401 tel: 802-578-3983 | email: [email protected] On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Bjorn Behrendt <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/does-microsofts-sharing-of-source-code-with-china-and-russia-pose-a-security-risk/6789?tag=nl.e539 > So why does the Chinese government get to see the source and I don't. And > if they are so concerned about source then why not move to Linux. > > -- > Bjorn Behrendt > IT Coordinator > Mount St. Joseph > [email protected] > (802) 775-0151
