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That is not why they are showing the code!
The purpose of showing the code is not to present a template to modify whatever the produst that they are showing is, it is to assure the governments of the security in the code. The way Microsoft (and many other companies) develop code is that they have a source code control system and/or revision control system (Visual Sourcesafe, for example). A developer checks out a piece of code and workd on it for a while, increments the change number (could be timestamped or a point release) and check in his/her modifications.

At the end of the day, a build engineer runs a build script and they get a testable product (or component), which a test engineer then test (unit testing). The governmenst are not getting access to that and they do not have the technical staff to deal with it (most likely)! At best, they (the interested governments) will take a look at it, bless it and move on!
Posted by: B.O.F.H.   Posted on: 09/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I'm first!  Confused by religion | 09/19/04
Excuses Excuses  nucrash | 09/20/04
No computer at home?  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
I have several at home...  Confused by religion | 09/20/04
When life loses its meaning and purpose  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
Drip... drip... drip...  Linux User 147560 | 09/19/04
Useless without the ability to reproduce from the buildchain  David Mohring | 09/20/04
ANd yet, so many governments disagree with you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
hmm yes of course  crocd | 09/20/04
And yet, the governments of 60 countries wanted to do security audits.  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
I want to as well  crocd | 09/20/04
So your point is this is a good thing. I agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
Depends if you can change it  crocd | 09/20/04
No you can't change it, that's what open source is for.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
That is not why they are showing the code!  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
True. So why do they want to see the code?  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
BOFH, a question for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
You don't like that someone actually read the article and smacked you?  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
Unless they can compile it, MS shared source is a sham!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/20/04
Stated reasons for this program don't make sense.  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
Also  michael-t | 09/20/04
ms office code? Only?  michael-t | 09/20/04
Umm, already done.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
This could be only the latest in a loss of faith in Microsoft.  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04

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