Windows XP source code has leaked • Hacker News Board

Re: Windows XP source code has leaked

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Post by de_watcher » Thu, Oct 01, 2020, 11:27 AM UTC

Hackbraten wrote: post #350

de_watcher wrote: post #72

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That's so sad that we have to waste time implementing bug-compatibility with the proprietary software. There should be some law about interoperability.

How would such a law protect you against a copyright lawsuit where the rights holder claims you looked at leaked sources?

AFAIK there are already laws about reverse-engineering for compatibility. May extend that and add something like the right to repair, so the ones who sell software or software services also have to provide documentation and more access to the actual features.

Re: Windows XP source code has leaked

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Post by spurgu » Fri, Oct 02, 2020, 4:46 PM UTC

KindOne wrote: post #438

spurgu wrote: post #431

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If they copy code line for line yes, but might get insights they otherwise couldn't have. Or just pretend they happened to come up with solutions by themselves.

https://github.com/reactos/reactos#contributing-- " Legal notice: If you have seen proprietary Microsoft Windows source code (including but not limited to the leaked Windows NT 3.5, NT 4, 2000 source code and the Windows Research Kernel), your contribution won't be accepted because of potential copyright violation. "

That's a really honest approach, thanks for posting it. I stand corrected!

Edit: Might of course also just be covering their backs legally... but who am I to say.

Re: Windows XP source code has leaked

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Post by hilbert42 » Sun, Oct 04, 2020, 4:46 PM UTC

MayeulC wrote: post #479

hilbert42 wrote: post #464

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'In my experience, Windows XP runs fine on relatively modern hardware.' How modern? And what hardware models? Was the newer hardware Win 7 compatible or later? I wish you'd be more specific and tell us how as it's never worked for me even after mucking about with different PC hardware and various different AHCI and other drivers.

I'll try again soon. I definitely remember running it on: - Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon E5472, DDR2. Old-ish (the xeon came out in 2010), but I used that system as my main until 2018 -- though with Linux. - Samsung N220 (or quite similar) netbook. That thing originally came out with Win7 starter, and was a slog with it. A cursory search ("Ryzen XP") gives plenty of results: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/installing…

Thanks for the info. I'll check that out.

I wouldn't hold my breath with ReactOS. It seems to me there's so few developing it that it'll never reach critical mass. Shame really, as alternative non-MS O/S that runs x86/64 Win APIs would be useful.

Re: Windows XP source code has leaked

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Post by krageon » Mon, Oct 05, 2020, 11:27 AM UTC

Hackbraten wrote: post #217

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Very good software was written before people that think like you were taken seriously. Clearly it is not necessary.

You know you can disagree with me while still respecting my opinion? Also, beneficial does not imply necessary.

I can respect you as a person while still thinking your opinion is not to be taken seriously. Respecting an opinion which is this far off the mark isn't something I'm willing to do.

Re: Windows XP source code has leaked

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Post by ObscureScience » Fri, Oct 09, 2020, 8:49 AM UTC

Joeri wrote: post #232

ObscureScience wrote: post #90

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To me it's always been win2k, win 7, win 10, win 98. In tthat order. I've been using win2k rather than windows xp when I need legacy application support, though you might need to jump through some hoops for XP compatibility and drivers. Though I've been inpressed by how snappy windows 8 feels, especially the boot time which is the fastest of all versions.

8 was the first version that hibernates the kernel on shutdown so it can reload it from snapshot on boot. That’s why all windows versions since 8 boot so fast.

Still Windows 8 boots faster for me. A clean installation is 2 seconds from bios to login (not hibernated, but "fast startup"), and perhaps 5-6 seconds for windows 10 (also with fast startup enabled, which it is on both on a default install).