Governments to Get Code for Windows
From Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. will make its prized source code for its Windows operating system available to several governments and governmental agencies as it tries to stem defections to competitors’ software. The software company already has signed agreements with the Russian government and NATO to allow them to review for free the underlying programming instructions that Microsoft has long guarded as secret intellectual property.
The decision will let governments evaluate for themselves the security of the Windows platform, Microsoft said. It also will give them the technical data they need to develop their own secure applications to work atop Windows.
