States demand Windows source code

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Author: JT Smith

Slashdotters discuss a report from Reuters saying the holdout states in the Microsoft antitrust case want to see the inner workings of Windows. ” In a bid to pry open one of the world’s most valuable pieces of intellectual property, the states argued they need to see the Windows source code in order to verify Microsoft’s claim that it is not technically feasible for the company to offer a stripped-down version of the operating system.