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Comments like these are eerily similar to what Microsoft had been saying for years about Linux - at best they had been infringing on patents but I seem to also recall accusations of the kernel containing proprietary Windows source code. This is just one individuals opinion but I would be really interested in seeing them provide more specifics - especially given the amount of MS source that has leaked/been open sourced over the years.

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I don't recall accusations of Linux using Windows code, but these accusations (especially the "one has only to eyeball the code to see it was stolen") are reminiscent of the SCO troll-case, which was (indirectly but very likely intentionally) financially backed by Microsoft.

Without specific proof demonstrating that there is no way one could have come to write that code from publicly available information they are just FUD.

Upvoted. The history of Microsoft is well-documented, including the accusation of "stealing" code. Not sure why your comment has been downvoted.

Exactly. The author doesn't give any references, just says "Trust me, it is the same code". Maybe the author doesn't know that there are many resources with reverse-engineered descriptions of undocumented kernel structures and functions, for example [1] [2]

[1] https://www.nirsoft.net/kernel_struct/vista/index.html

[2] http://msdn.mirt.net/

It looks like ms has some sort of inside sect training on that matter. It is so easy to hear blames from ms staff on minor legal troubles that it just feels to be true. For one, I once read the thread on local ms support site that yelled at and almost banned a user for a story of upgrading to w10 and then downgrading back to 7. The problem was that his LICENSE was converted into 10-th one and now he LOST RIGHT to use 7. While maybe formally legal, for me this behavior is completely out of sane bounds.

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