Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an About-Face

Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by robotresearcher on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:04PM (#10591106)

> How are you ever going to assess the quality of this software in terms of security?

If it's very important to you, you can obtain a license that includes source code:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/

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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by loginusername on Thursday November 19, 2015 @01:17AM (#10593062)

Or I could just use an open source alternative that does not require jumping through such hoops.

One where I can edit and compile the source, run it and redistribute it, too. All for free. But I guess all that is also possible under this shared source program you mention?

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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by robotresearcher on Thursday November 19, 2015 @12:07PM (#10595924)

I don't think you need to sarcastically explain the benefits of Free Software in this forum.

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Re:Microsoft, Once Infested with Security Flaws, Does an Abo... by loginusername on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:17PM (#10602362)

I agree. Which is why I do not understand how anyone can claim Windows is not "closed source" in the sense of the opposite of "open source", as that term is commonly understood in this forum. Maybe they were being sarcastic?

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