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   Auric__ to Joe Zeff   
   Re: Should Microsoft release Windows XP    
   05 Mar 14 08:26:05   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   Joe Zeff wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:48:59 -0800, Peter wrote:   
   >   
   >> If Microsoft considers Windows XP obsolete and ends support for the   
   >> system in a little more than a month, wouldn't it be nice if the company   
   >> decided to release the source code of it?   
   >   
   > Every earlier version of Windows is also obsolete and unsupported, but   
   > Microsoft hasn't released the source.  Why should they start now?   
      
   My thoughts exactly. They don't even develop the 9x line any more, and I   
   would ***LOVE*** to get my hands on some of that source code.   
      
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