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Post by powerplayer on Sept 27, 2020 1:26:00 GMT -8
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Post by Splitwirez on Sept 27, 2020 12:18:09 GMT -8
Nothing legal.
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Post by ihatemetro on Sept 27, 2020 13:01:04 GMT -8
Yep, best we can do is take some ReactOS stuff and modify it so that it works with modern Windows. It's properly Open-Source. Edit: Or Windows 2000, seriously who uses that nowadays? Using the leaked source code is illegal even if it's an older version. Don't use it. |
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Post by R.O.B. on Sept 27, 2020 20:57:17 GMT -8
Oh wow, now that's surprising.
Still, I really wouldn't advise anyone do anything with this, as tempting as it may be. Even putting aside any moral arguments, Windows XP is still a perfectly usable OS if you know what you're doing (despite its age). And I'm sure MS isn't happy about this one bit. I expect that they'll do everything in their power to make sure this can't be utilized. Honestly, I think it's best just to avoid the trouble.
2020 has sure been a year of some crazy leaks that I never would have expected to see.
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Post by travis on Sept 27, 2020 22:13:13 GMT -8
Oh wow, now that's surprising. Still, I really wouldn't advise anyone do anything with this, as tempting as it may be. Even putting aside any moral arguments, Windows XP is still a perfectly usable OS if you know what you're doing (despite its age). And I'm sure MS isn't happy about this one bit. I expect that they'll do everything in their power to make sure this can't be utilized. Honestly, I think it's best just to avoid the trouble. 2020 has sure been a year of some crazy leaks that I never would have expected to see. Too much leaks! It's flooding! |
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Post by namensloser on Sept 28, 2020 7:46:12 GMT -8
Microsoft copyed a Mac os theme
bruh
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Post by ihatemetro on Sept 28, 2020 9:02:42 GMT -8
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Post by meow on Sept 29, 2020 4:42:42 GMT -8
2020 has sure been a year of some crazy leaks that I never would have expected to see. Quarantine boredom had lead to (probably most) some of these likely. What’s next? Windows 7 source code leak?  |
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Post by tommy on Sept 29, 2020 17:05:56 GMT -8
I'd kinda imagine a Longhorn leak.
-shrug-
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Post by anixx on Sept 29, 2020 17:19:19 GMT -8
I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003...
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Post by ihatemetro on Sept 29, 2020 17:23:36 GMT -8
I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003... I don't think so, they were on 4chan and the archive had some Bill Gates conspiracies about the vaccines and such. |
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Post by R.O.B. on Sept 29, 2020 19:38:26 GMT -8
2020 has sure been a year of some crazy leaks that I never would have expected to see. Quarantine boredom had lead to (probably most) some of these likely. What’s next? Windows 7 source code leak? That's kinda what I was thinking too. Does anyone know if the Bill Gates conspiracy stuff was included in the original leak, or if it was added after the fact? Perhaps a disgruntled former-MS employee or something is behind this particular leak? I dunno, that's kind of a shot in the dark at this point. It could be many things. Also, a Win7 source leak could be absolutely devastating for Microsoft. That's way, way closer to Windows 10 than XP is, and there are already concerns about security holes being discovered for Win10 through this leak. I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003... Was the Win2k leak that big? I seem to remember hearing that it was only around 15-20% of the entire code. Thought, I really don't remember where I got that number from, so I could very well be wrong. In any case, it seems that 4chan's /g/ board has actually gotten the thing to compile, and they were even able to successfully boot it to the desktop! The only other time I can recall that happening with leaked Windows code is with OpenNT, and that was an ancient codebase that needed a lot of work before it could be considered usable by today's standards. |
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Post by meow on Sept 30, 2020 4:46:54 GMT -8
I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003... Then why has microsoft not “leaked” 1.01,2.03,3.0,3.1...and all the versions in between and before? I would at least think that Microsoft would release the 1.0 code as it’s a 35 year old OS but nope. |
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Post by anixx on Sept 30, 2020 9:29:17 GMT -8
I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003... I don't think so, they were on 4chan and the archive had some Bill Gates conspiracies about the vaccines and such. You can find the Win2000 source code on Github which belongs to Microsoft, and nobody takes it down: github.com/pustladi/Windows-2000 |
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Post by anixx on Sept 30, 2020 9:33:26 GMT -8
Was the Win2k leak that big? I seem to remember hearing that it was only around 15-20% of the entire code. Thought, I really don't remember where I got that number from, so I could very well be wrong. In any case, it seems that 4chan's /g/ board has actually gotten the thing to compile, and they were even able to successfully boot it to the desktop! The only other time I can recall that happening with leaked Windows code is with OpenNT, and that was an ancient codebase that needed a lot of work before it could be considered usable by today's standards. Yes, the Win2000 source leak was nearly complete and there were people who tried to build it (WinNT 4 was built successfully). But now it is irrelevant, this newly leaked code includes complete code for Win2000, and WinNT 3.5 among others. |
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Post by anixx on Sept 30, 2020 9:35:31 GMT -8
I think all these Windows source code leaks are intentional by Microsoft. NT4 leaked fully, W2000 leaked 90%, now XP and 2003... Then why has microsoft not “leaked” 1.01,2.03,3.0,3.1...and all the versions in between and before? I would at least think that Microsoft would release the 1.0 code as it’s a 35 year old OS but nope. Maybe they do not have it anymore. This last leak includes the source code of Win 2000, Win NT 4, Win NT 3.5, MS-DOS 6 and MS-DOS 3.3. |
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Post by ihatemetro on Sept 30, 2020 10:22:17 GMT -8
Then why has microsoft not “leaked” 1.01,2.03,3.0,3.1...and all the versions in between and before? I would at least think that Microsoft would release the 1.0 code as it’s a 35 year old OS but nope. Maybe they do not have it anymore. This last leak includes the source code of Win 2000, Win NT 4, Win NT 3.5, MS-DOS 6 and MS-DOS 3.3. Edit: Ignore, this was from Computer Museum from 2014. They released MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 as Open-Source though: github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS |
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Post by anixx on Sept 30, 2020 11:29:00 GMT -8
Maybe they cannot release the code of the newer operating systems because of the third-party contributions, so they leak it. |
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Post by meow on Oct 23, 2020 13:21:01 GMT -8
Maybe they cannot release the code of the newer operating systems because of the third-party contributions, so they leak it. Explain this then. Why did M$ take down NTDEV’s video of compiling it, even though there was no source visible? |
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Post by tommy on Oct 23, 2020 13:29:33 GMT -8
Maybe they cannot release the code of the newer operating systems because of the third-party contributions, so they leak it. Explain this then. Why did M$ take down NTDEV’s video of compiling it, even though there was no source visible? Wasn't it a false strike? I could be wrong but that's what I heard about. |
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