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Re: MS to publish source code of windows

From: Steve Richter <srichter@autocoder.com>
> Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
>
> >And this is the module that most of all needs to be public so we
> >can check if Microsoft does things right and if the system is
> >as secure as they claim and to check on security fixes.
>
> >The same goes for the AS/400.
>
>
> With access to the OS source code, 3rd party developers could improve
> Opening the source code would breath a lot of life into our system.
>

I agree, I agree, I agree, but the security modules should NOT be exempt.
That was my whole point. Not to JUST open up the security modules.

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