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Possible Windows source code leak - Agamemnus - 02-14-2004
Doesn't matter.
Vulnerability with released source code is only an issue when the code is buggy...
Possible Windows source code leak - Zack - 02-14-2004
Damn, why all this MS bashing?
And Shogun, I mean out of the general programming community, Windows is by far the leading OS.
There are countless web hosts that use Windows 2000 for their servers.
And people, THIS ISN'T MICROSOFT's FAULT. You think they'd actually leak their source code on purpose?
Possible Windows source code leak - adosorken - 02-14-2004
Microsoft is the leading OS company...for desktop computers.
UNIX still owns the server industry and always will.
The number of Windows servers is very countable. The number of Linux/Apache servers may not be.
Possible Windows source code leak - Plasma - 02-14-2004
Actually, Microsoft has about a 50% market share when it comes to server OSes. UNIX and Linux have 34%.
![[Image: osmarketshare.gif]](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20031119/osmarketshare.gif)
Apache does beat IIS though.
Possible Windows source code leak - adosorken - 02-14-2004
Read the fine print on that image you posted...
Possible Windows source code leak - Plasma - 02-14-2004
...and that's about how it's looked every year for the past 5 years.
Possible Windows source code leak - Z!re - 02-14-2004
Why Windows is popular:
All, and I do mean All, computers you buy in stores comes with windows
School's teach Windows
So microsoft controlling 93.8% of the desktop computer market is nothin special, and means absolutely nothing, the survey is based on the number of licenses.
I know a lot of people who bought a computer bundled with a windows license, formatted and now run Linux.
Also, there is no need to register linux to use it, as oposite to windows.
Possible Windows source code leak - adosorken - 02-14-2004
I personally refuse to run Linux on the desktop until they start making a nice, fast, and clean UI with some form of continuity among applications.
On the other hand, I refuse to run Windows on my servers because...well, I don't think I even need to go into details.
Possible Windows source code leak - Z!re - 02-14-2004
Quote:I personally refuse to run Linux on the desktop until they start making a nice, fast, and clean UI with some form of continuity among applications.Make one yourself :lol:
I hear you, Linux is simply not good for the average user, their GUI is too messy atm.
But for servers and firewalls linux is the best (my opinion)
I use:
Internet
Modem
Linux machine with FW
Me running w98 (yeay) :lol:
XP=A nice little kindergarten thigny, look at the rounded corners, they are there if you fall you don't hit your head, and the smooth colours and transparency sucking up your RAM, it's all so... cute.... :lol: and I absolutely hate it
Possible Windows source code leak - Diroga - 02-14-2004
dose not a universal OS make sense?