Hacking for fun and profit

This is one of those days when everything in the IT industry changes. Neowin is reporting (mirror) that the source code of Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 has leaked to the internet. You can find a list of the files in the w2k source tree here.

There is a big discussion about this in slashdot. I’ll post updates if I find something more.

Update: Windowsbeta is also covering this story.

Update2: internetnews, eweek and iblnews(sp).

Update: Statement from Microsoft Regarding Illegal Posting of Windows Source Code.

Update: Betanews is reporting that the leak originated in Mainsoft:

Clues to the source code’s origin lie in a “core dump” file, which is left by the Linux operating system to record the memory a program is using when it crashes. Further investigation by BetaNews revealed the machine was likely used by Mainsoft’s Director of Technology, Eyal Alaluf.