How do Microsoft competitors deal with their source code?
Some rivals take a totally different approach. They make their source code public so that high-tech customers and academics can scrutinise it and point out potential problems in the millions of lines of code involved. Fans of this “open source” approach say that it makes for a more secure operating system as many more eyes are employed to iron out any problems.
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