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Australia to see Windows source code | |
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| Time: 04:26 EST/09:26 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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The Australian government will gain access to the source code underlying Microsoft's Windows operating system after signing an agreement with the software heavyweight. The open-ended agreement, announced Thursday by the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant, is part of Microsoft's global Government Security Program (GSP), an initiative announced earlier this year to address government concerns about the transparency and security of the operating system. Under the program, governments are given controlled access to Windows source code and other technical information in a move the vendor says is designed to allow them "to be confident in the enhanced security features of the Windows platform." The agreement will enable Australian government officials to view the source code for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and CE; use the code to build those versions of Windows; see Microsoft security documentation the company doesn't otherwise share; and speak with Microsoft developers and perform their own tests on the code. | ||
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| #1 By 6253 (208.30.146.201) at 8/14/2003 9:00:30 PM |
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Ever look at the classified ads for government programmers (which generally specify their pay range, in accordance with state rules/regulations)?
Except for maybe the CIA/NSA (whose coding jobs are probably not found in the classifieds anyway), government agencies pay the least for programmers. I'm sure there are a few sharp government programmers who are happy to work for less so that they can proudly serve their state or country, but the rest of them aren't the most likely to make heads or tails of the Windows source code. Australia might as well be showing space shuttle blueprints to koala bears. Microsoft isn't stupid; it knows there's low risk + high visibility from showing source code to government programmers. Microsoft can get big publicity at taxpayer expense. Wouldn't you take that deal? |
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