Microsoft opening its source to selected parties

[Dan Harkless <dan-bugtraq () DILVISH SPEED NET>]

> From <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-5067896-0.html?tag=nbs>:

    In a major extension of corporate policy, Microsoft has quietly started
    a program to provide selected large enterprise customers with copies of
    the source code for Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server
    and Data Center), Windows XP (released betas) and all related service
    packs.

Will be interesting to see how this affects the number of holes reported in
Microsoft software.  Considering how many are found now, even without access
to the source, we may see a very significant rise.  On the other hand, if
there are more white hats than black hats looking at the code (which is
certainly what Microsoft's shooting for with its "selected large enterprise
customers" policy), perhaps there'll be a net reduction in unpatched holes,
since there'll be more eyeballs on the code.

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