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One floppy?
The Linux kernel source does NOT fit on one floppy! Even Linux 1.0 was 4.5 MB which would hardly fit on a floppy.

Depending on what they factor in for these *estimates* of 40 GB, I'd say it's entirely possible that given W2K for all platforms, i386, alpha, ppc (yes, I heard from a source who's seen the code that there are references to ppc), with all the add-ons (admin packs etc.) that this could well swell to a humongus size.
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The source code of a monsterpiece.  michael-t | 02/12/04
And they claim we are safer because the hackers don't have the code.  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Now I wonder who did this??  Arthas | 02/12/04
Why would anyone do that?!?  guido_z | 02/12/04
Advice for arthas  nite_w0lf | 02/12/04
Advice for nite_wolf  Arthas | 02/12/04
advise for Barfas  stephen732@... | 02/12/04
it very well could be  Arthas | 02/12/04
Evidence  Martin Marvinski | 02/12/04
you are clearly showing your age  matted@... | 02/13/04
Evidence  Arthas | 02/13/04
it very well could be... Microsoft  ejhonda | 02/13/04
very intrincted logic, pal  fgh1234 | 02/13/04
Arthas, why Open source is good for students  voska | 02/13/04
I never said it wasn't good  Arthas | 02/13/04
Cable?!  Frank.. | 02/13/04
Its Microsoft's doing  OhMyGosh | 02/12/04
Fingerprint each copy?  IT_User | 02/12/04
Exactly  linux_skynyrd | 02/12/04
Controversy?  sman_z | 02/12/04
On the Contrary  linux_skynyrd | 02/12/04
unlikely  guido_z | 02/13/04
interesting....  jediab | 02/13/04
Good question  OhMyGosh | 02/13/04
guess ms shared source is not real  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Before you get your knickers in a knot  Cardinal_Bill | 02/12/04
enough...  fenderman | 02/12/04
You assume too much about Redmond.  DanIelWalker_z | 02/13/04
HP Made $2,500,000,000 last year from open source  jaydee_z | 02/13/04
Maybe it was the Smithsonian  IT_User | 02/13/04
National Security  issthatso | 02/13/04
Hackers have had the code for a long time. We just did not know.  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Are you ready to retract this statement?  rinaldo | 02/13/04
Care to post a link?  BruceWheelock@... | 02/13/04
Here's where I read it  rinaldo | 02/13/04
not a link, but a quote from full-disclosure  SpikeyMike_z | 02/14/04
not happend  guido_z | 02/12/04
40 GB????!!!!  OhMyGosh | 02/12/04
Well...  Martin Marvinski | 02/12/04
Agreed.  doe_z | 02/12/04
Unusual Bloat  michael-t | 02/16/04
Worse than that  Robert Crocker | 02/12/04
40GB of source, not binaries  Oggie_z | 02/12/04
That's still huge  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Hmmm  michael-t | 02/16/04
no assembly required  setsdfgsdf | 02/17/04
One floppy?  sman_z | 02/12/04
W2K for all platforms, i386, alpha, ppc  hal9000mx | 02/14/04
Windows has AV mechanisms??? Who knew?  ejhonda | 02/12/04
I wonder who did that.... Typical....  guido_z | 02/12/04
They are more worried about their property than our SAFETY???  MrNasty000 | 02/12/04
not difficult  guido_z | 02/12/04
Merits of the source..  sman_z | 02/12/04
and they are right....  ryusen | 02/13/04
It is complete, well...  Richard Flude | 02/12/04
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Good article  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Third option  Nigel Johnstone | 02/13/04
Fourth option  IT_User | 02/13/04
ha ha ha.. looking for to see this buggy source code  M_c | 02/12/04
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Gee, but wouldn't that be redundant? wink  dicktaurus@... | 02/13/04
At last, the truth...  p.severin@... | 02/13/04
MS Has Right To Protect Source, However . . .  markdoiron | 02/13/04
security misused  guido_z | 02/13/04
Windows is safer because the hackers don't have the code!!!!  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Then perhaps...  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
alcatel....  guido_z | 02/13/04
Re: Alcatel  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
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Installing  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
network basics  guido_z | 02/13/04
Re: Alcatel  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
alcatel / security / user friendly  guido_z | 02/13/04
another reply  guido_z | 02/13/04
PS  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
That has nothing to do with the current discussion  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Contra  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
The migration will start in the enterprise. For the home: Lindows.  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Talk about Bloatware  Rick_K | 02/13/04
Avoid, avoid, avoid...  Zogg | 02/13/04
Best advice on this board  IT_User | 02/13/04
MS might as well go OpenSource now  interlocutor | 02/13/04
scrutiny  guido_z | 02/13/04
MS real fear... security or stolen IP revealed?  MacCanuck | 02/13/04
how your subconscious reads this news  aknxy | 02/13/04
Good for the goose...  Rangerbob@... | 02/13/04
Its only pety larceny anyway! (nt)  nite_w0lf | 02/13/04
Happens all the time  voska | 02/13/04
What a coincidence  Chad_z | 02/13/04
Allchin said devastating to national security...  rinaldo | 02/13/04
Who On Earth Would Want To Look At That Sloppy Code?  brenthawkinsmd | 02/13/04
Just Another Microsoft Ploy Against OpenSource  claytonmuhler | 02/13/04
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tar  Teknophobic | 02/13/04
alcatel / security / user friendly  guido_z | 02/13/04
Sorry, skip this one wrong post.  guido_z | 02/13/04
Okay, which one of you leaked it and took  FilledOut | 02/13/04
new security initiative wink  rgriffith64@... | 02/13/04
What goes around comes around  Karma_1 | 02/13/04
Re: Arthas - Wonder Who etc. etc.  Nicholas Donovan | 02/13/04

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