Microsoft exec debates open source
eWeek | at | by Mike
Jason Matusow, who heads Microsoft's Shared Source Program, discussed with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli the recent source code leak, what it means for security and whether Microsoft plans any changes to the program.
How do licensees actually get access to Microsoft's source code under your Shared Source and Government Security programs?
We provide source through a mechanism called Code Center Premium, which is a smart-card-driven, secured Web site, which has gone through numerous third-party security audits. What we do is host the builds on our servers, and, from a security perspective, we believe the source is thus more safe. But it also offers a high degree of value to the developer. They are given access to more than 100 million lines of Windows source code for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, across all versions, all service packs and all betas.