Hunt for source of Windows leak goes on

Investigations have been continuing into how source code for Microsoft's Windows operating system made its way onto the internet last week. Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that a portion of the Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 source code databases had been leaked. On Friday, Microsoft partner Mainsoft confirmed that it was investigating whether it played a role in the release, after a technology-discussion website revealed that an error report in the code includes the corporate email address for a Mainsoft employee.

The companies have had a source-code licensing agreement since 1994 that allows Mainsoft to access and distribute Windows operating system source code. Mainsoft's technology allowed Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Outlook and Media Player to be ported to Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard versions of Unix.

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