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I doubt it, China would only be happy if they could vet & build the source code themselves. MS wouldn't be too clever to give them that. If this is really abou
by Already__Taken 12y ago
I doubt it, China would only be happy if they could vet & build the source code themselves. MS wouldn't be too clever to give them that.
If this is really about security and not to pull off exactly that above.
- drdaeman 12y agoRumors say, that happened with Russia with Windows 7 (and I've heard similar stories about Windows 98, 2000 and XP). Why not China? http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-opens-source-code-to-russian-secret-service-3040089481/ http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-opens-source-code-to-russian-...
- Already__Taken 12y agoIn my completely uneducated opinion based on heresy China seems to care a great deal less about intellectual property, patents and licencing right of companies that aren't Chinese. Given its regular practice of trying to get companies to manufacture goods in Chine to steal their process' and technology. This is also the exact reason SpaceX don't file patents and do not use anything from Microsoft.
- drdaeman 12y agoYou see, Russia isn't that caring about copyrights, too. There were relatively recent (this happened after Windows XP release) industry lobbying that led to massive rewrite of copyright laws, but illegal copying is still nearly ubiquitous.
- riquito 12y agoMS gives you sources to audit if you pay enough, and the builds may be deterministic.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoShared Source initiative. Many organizations already have this. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/government-security-program.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/government-secu...