Microsoft Windows, often abbreviated as Windows, is a line of graphical proprietary, closed-source operating systems developed by the Microsoft Corporation.
History
Prior to the development of Windows 2000, Microsoft used MS-DOS as the kernel in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME.
Microsoft Windows NT replaced the MS/DOS kernel in Windows 2000 and newer operating systems.
Source Code Leak
The source code of MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS 6, Windows NT 3.5 & 5, Windows CE 6 & 7, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003[1], and Windows XP[1]; were leaked on September 26, 2020.
Controversies
Forced automatic updates
Microsoft implemented automatic updates that cannot be disabled in Windows 10.
Backdoors
_NSAKEY is a variable that stores a PGP signature used for encryption in Windows NT. There is eponymous suspicious that Windows NT has a backdoor usable by the National Security Agency.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Catalin Cimpanu (2020-09-30). "Windows XP leak confirmed after user compiles the leaked code into a working OS" ZDNet.