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Forget YouTube. Google "windows xp source code leaks" and one of the top hits is a six-year old GitHub repo. Which sort of makes sense. I'm not sure technical
by jasomill 6d ago
Forget YouTube. Google "windows xp source code leaks" and one of the top hits is a six-year old GitHub repo.
Which sort of makes sense. I'm not sure technical trade secrets have ever played much of a role in Microsoft's success.
With or without source code, programmers have been digging at the internals of Microsoft OSes for fun and profit since the DOS days, and Microsoft has always seemed to recognize that developers and customers relying on the undocumented nuances of their products benefits them far more than understanding them benefits their competitors.