Microsoft code theft: What's all the fuss about?

eWeek | at | by Mike

Is Microsoft going out of business due to the source-code leak on Thursday: Not!

I'm starting to wonder if the security industry has lost its mind. For most of the morning I've been hearing security "experts" say that the leak of Microsoft's source code is a huge exposure for the company.

These same security experts often favor Unix and Linux for secure deployments-both now Open Source products where virtually all of the code is available on the Web. This leak is embarrassing, sure, but life threatening? Please...