Windows source code leaked?

[JdB 144]

I hear those complaints loud and clear.  Many of the problems around Linux are that as soon as you try and do something that does not involve the default vanilla install, things can fall apart quickly, unless you are a Linux expert.

Use a normal useraccount for most of your work, and avoid using the ''root'' account as much as possible. This will prevent alot of ''nasty'' events from happening

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

Quote[/b] ]Leaked Code Spawns First Exploit

IE5 bitmap exploit first to take advantage

The first of what may be many exploits to be derived from examination of the leaked Windows source code has been unveiled, according to this post to the Bugtraq mailing list. According to the post, a remote user can craft a specially designed bitmap file that - when loaded by IE(5) - will trigger an integer overflow, allowing the execution of code that runs with the privileges of the target user. The exploit apparently affects IE5, but not IE6; though a user running IE 5 likely has other unpatched vulnerabilities to worry about. Over the weekend the FBI joined the hunt for the source of the leaked operating system code.

[toadlife 3]

Uh oh, I'm scared - NOT

[dinger 1]

I blame it on the macintosh OS. Mac OSs taught programmers that more than one way to achieve the same result was OK. The result? Now, for everything you want to do in an OS, there's one right way and 15 wrong ways. The wrong ways are easier and more obvious, they encourage improper conceptualization of how the computer arranges its data (file structure and so on), and, worst of all, they only work 80% of the time.

It's like teaching a foreign language and telling people that errors in vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation are okay, because 80 percent of the time, you'll be understood. The only problem is, that if they try to form a sentence with the 80/20 rule, nobody will ever understand them.

[toadlife 3]

I blame it on the macintosh OS. Mac OSs taught programmers that more than one way to achieve the same result was OK. The result? Now, for everything you want to do in an OS, there's one right way and 15 wrong ways. The wrong ways are easier and more obvious...

Or you can chalk it all up to deadlines (ie - getting the product out of the door, so the programmers can get paid).