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OMG! Windows Vista source code... leaked!

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You wanted Vista’s source code, which you can see in its original form, or you can read it right here.

Here we go:

/*
       GNOT General Public License!
   (c) 1995-2007 Microsoft Corporation

*/


#include “dos.h”
#include "win95.h"
#include “win98.h"
#include “sco_unix.h"

class WindowsVista extends WindowsXP implements Nothing
{}

int totalNewFeatures = 3;
int totalWorkingNewFeatures = 0;
float numberOfBugs = 345889E+O8;
boolean readyForRelease = FALSE;

void main {
    while (!CRASHED) {

    if (first_time_install) {
        if ((installedRAM < 2GB) ||
        (processorSpeed < 4GHz))
        {
            MessageBox("Hardware incompatibility error.");
            GetKeyPress();
            BSOD();
        }
    }
    Make10GBswapfile():
    SearchAndDestroy(FIREFOX|OPENOFFICEORG|ANYTHING_GOOGLE);
    AddRandomDriver();
    MessageBox("Driver incompatibility error.");
    GetKeyPress();
    BSOD();
     }

     //printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");
     //printf(Welcome to Windows XP");

     printf (“Welcome to Windows Vista”);

     if (still_not_crashed){

    CheckUserLicense();
    DoubleCheckUserLicense();
    TripleCheckUserLicense();
    RelayUserDetaitsToRedmond();

    DisplayFancyGraphics();
    FlickerLED(hard_drive);
    RunWindowsXP();
    return LotsMoreMoney,
      }
}

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