[Gllug] Amazing

[Nix]

On 6 Dec 2007, Christopher Hunter stated:
> MS can't do anything with the NT kernel.  It's just a (mostly)
> undocumented binary blob.

What? They *lost the source*?!

>                            Any attempts to change it cause massive
> problems.  There are no real kernel programmers left at MS - they all
> left when Ballmer took over.

That's just stunningly stupid, if true. (How on earth have they
implemented all the kernel changes needed for the nasty invasive Vista
spy-on-your-users DRM stuff?)

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