Slashdot reports that Microsoft has acknowledged that portions of Windows 2000 and Windows NT source code were illegally made available on the Internet
The leak would allegedly come from some third party groups, which were participating to the Microsoft Shared Source Initiative, a program launched by Microsoft to provide portions of the source code of its (hardly) operating system in the scope of some business partnerships.
I’m wondering what’s really new in that, since we know the core of Windows was already available a few years back.
I can’t resist but to make it available again in this weblog, at the risk of being tracked down by Microsoft…
/* Source Code Windows 2000 */ #include "win31.h" #include "win95.h" #include "win98.h" #include "workst~1.h" #include "evenmore.h" #include "oldstuff.h" #include "billrulz.h" #include "monopoly.h" #include "backdoor.h" #define INSTALL = HARD char make_prog_look_big(16000000); void main() { while(!CRASHED) { display_copyright_message(); display_bill_rules_message(); do_nothing_loop(); if (first_time_installation) { make_100_megabyte_swapfile(); do_nothing_loop(); totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system(); search_and_destroy_the_rest_of-OS2(); make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux(); disable_Netscape(); disable_RealPlayer(); disable_Lotus_Products(); hang_system(); } //if write_something(anything); display_copyright_message(); do_nothing_loop(); do_some_stuff(); if (still_not_crashed) { display_copyright_message(); do_nothing_loop(); basically_run_windows_31(); do_nothing_loop(); } // if } //while if (detect_cache()) disable_cache(); if (fast_cpu()) { set_wait_states(lots); set_mouse(speed,very_slow); set_mouse(action,jumpy); set_mouse(reaction,sometimes); } //if /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows 98"); */ /* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */ printf("Welcome to Windows 2000"); if (system_ok()) crash(to_dos_prompt) else system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp",O_CREATE); while(something) { sleep(5); get_user_input(); sleep(5); act_on_user_input(); sleep(5); } // while create_general_protection_fault(); } // main