I have never been a fan of security through obscurity, but lets say they even released the office code. Would you or your clients be able to protect yourselves from the amount of exploits that will be produced? While waiting for Microsoft to catchup and provide patches? (*This is assuming that you or your clients use Microsoft products).

Yes it would pressure Microsoft, but its not about Microsoft anymore, but its about all the businesses who depend on their products. I for one know that a majority of all small businesses, do not the capacity to protect themselves and one hit to them, could put them out of business.

Also, just a quick question, how do you know the source code to Microsoft products are in the hands of "blackhats"?
I would think if this was true, there would be more exploits and viruses in the world, wouldn't you?





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