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So this guy thinks that the source code leak was done on purpose by Microsoft, but honestly, this doesn't really check out for a fair few reasons.
For one, why the hell would Microsoft ship the leak with a bunch of Bill Gates conspiracy theories? Makes no sense. Second, Windows XP ALREADY had a bunch of security holes. Even before the leaks, you certainly didn't fucking run Windows XP to get a secure system. Them finding more security holes is not gonna change that at all. Actually, it would make running the OS MORE secure ironically because now XP is an entirely known system. If you know a hole exists, you can either plan around it, plug it, or just straight up comment the code out (not always an option admittedly, depending on what code the hole affects). Thirdly, yes, this may affect later Windows OSes as well, but if that was really their goal, why didn't they just release the source code to all of them? Or if for some weird ass reason they can only leak one major OS, why was it XP and not a later OS where the leak would do much more damage? Fourthly, if any security holes in XP are found in later editions including Windows 10, that means Microsoft now has to patch both 10 AND 8.1, because remember, 8.1 won't be out of support for a while yet. It's more work and hassle for them for very little payoff. Fifthly, the people who make custom Windows XP editions don't give a shit about copyright, and the people who are going to fiddle around with the source even less so. ReactOS also doesn't need to copy the code wholesale. They now can (and will) write the code of their OS to compensate perfectly for XP programs because now they know exactly how it works. No copying needed. Same for WINE. And even IF Microsoft did take them to court, someone else is just going to fork it and resume work. Not that Microsoft would even bother with such a spurious lawsuit anyway. They already had many opportunities to take WINE and ReactOS to court and they never did.
So, TLDR - The idea of Microsoft leaking this on purpose is pretty damn absurd on multiple fronts. This may have a few small negative repercussions in the short term, sure, but long term, the leak is actually QUITE beneficial for literally everyone except Microsoft.