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ZDNet UK: Microsoft Open-Source NT: Linux’s Nemesis?

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“On 30 June, 2003, Microsoft withdrew support for Windows New
Technology (NT). Windows NT users no longer have the right to
download updates to Internet Explorer and will not get a patch when
new security vulnerabilities are discovered in this version of
Microsoft’s operating system…

“However much the software giant would like us to forget that NT
ever existed–and push everyone into a Windows Server 2003
upgrade–there are thousands of developers out there who would love
to have the opportunity to turn the ageing OS into a masterpiece.
So why not let them have a go by releasing NT 4.0’s source code
into the open-source community…?”

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