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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by jmnicolas on Thursday October 01, 2020 @02:22AM (#24647925)
Your theory would hold more water if they had released Windows 10 code.
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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by quintushoratius on Thursday October 01, 2020 @07:00AM (#24649521)
Maybe they're testing the waters? Perhaps there's a political problem with open-sourcing a current product that nearly every company has sunk a sizeable amount of revenue into?

OPs hypothesis isn't totally outlandish.

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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by VibrantClarity on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:21PM (#24653628)
Yes it is totally outlandish. This was leaked, not open sourced. No one is going to seriously contribute to a project that can't be legally distributed.
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Re:Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked ... by jmnicolas on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:49PM (#24655443)
It's not even SP 3!
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