At 03:33 PM 2/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:


>Windows is pirated as-is, but not the source. If the source gets out, and
>major security threats are revealed, the US will have A BIG problem on their
>hands since a lot of their platforms run MS products.

They are revealed regularly- quite serious threats. There might be an advantage
to holding back and hoping that the weakness is not discovered and hoping
that it does not get fixed in subsequent versions (probably a fairly safe
bet). But you don't need source code to find weaknesses in windows.

>  While foreign
>governments are justifiably suspicious of MS products, shouldn't we be
>suspicious of what they will do with the code in their hands? Especially
>governments who aren't too fond of the US... I don't know, seems like a
>potential problem either way here.

I don't see a problem. Not with Russia and China, they are dependable.

Best regards,

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