Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS
Found on ZD Net on Wednesday, 07 October 2020
NTDEV decided to compile the code and find out for themselves.
According to videos shared online, the amateur IT technician was successful in compiling the Windows XP code over the weekend, and Windows Server 2003 yesterday.
Last week's leak also included source code for several other Windows operating systems, such as Windows 2000, Embedded (CE 3, CE 4, CE 5, CE, 7), Windows NT (3.5 and 4), and MS-DOS (3.30 and 6.0).
That could give a nice boost to interoperability between various operating systems, allowing developers to actually take a look at the source instead of using try and error. Also, it would possibly cause new malware (any maybe updates) for those still running these old versions.