The Windows XP source code leaked as part of a massive archive earlier this week, and now Microsoft says it’s looking into the whole thing internally. While no other specifics were provided, Microsoft just said in a statement for Thurrott that it’s investigating, and it’s of course unknown if the company would ever return with more information on the matter. The 43GB archive that leaked to the web earlier this week, however, included not only the Windows XP source code, but also similar data for other Microsoft products, including Windows 2000, Windows Embedded CE and 7, Windows Server 2003, and MS-DOS 6.0. While the leak isn’t necessarily something that Microsoft should be concerned about given these are all old products, what the company should try to fi...
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