1. Top Secret

Hi!  As many of you know, I live about 3 miles from the Microsoft
Campus
in Redmond, WA, next town over from Kirkland, WA.

In honor of their victory in court concerning their browser, I offer a
sampling of Windows 98 source code.  Remember, this is secret stuff
;-}]

Forrest

PS: If you can't read computer code, try this anyway for practice.
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Subject: Windows 98 Source Code
Date: June 23, 1998 6:37 PM

    /*   Windows '98 source code. */
              /*
                  TOP SECRET Microsoft)  Code
                  Project: Chicago(tm)
                  Projected release-date: Summer 1994
              */


              #include "win31.h"
              #include "win95.h"
              #include "evenmore.h"
              #include "oldstuff.h"
              #include "billrulz.h"
              #define INSTALL = HARD


              char make_prog_look_big[1600000];


              void main()
              {
                  while(!CRASHED)
                  {
                      display_copyright_message();
                      display_bill_rules_message();
                      do_nothing_loop();


                      if (first_time_installation)
                      {
                          make_50_megabyte_swapfile();
                          do_nothing_loop();
                          totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
                          search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2();
                          hang_system();
                      }


                      write_something(anything);
                      display_copyright_message();
                      do_nothing_loop();
                      do_some_stuff();


                      if (still_not_crashed)
                      {
                          display_copyright_message();
                          do_nothing_loop();
                          basically_run_windows_3.1();
                          do_nothing_loop();
                          do_nothing_loop();
                      }
                  }


                  if (detect_cache())
                      disable_cache();


                  if (fast_cpu())
                  {
                      set_wait_states(lots);
                      set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
                      set_mouse(action, jumpy);
                      set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
                  }


                  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
                  /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */


                  printf("Welcome to Windows 98");


                  if (system_ok())
                       crash(to_dos_prompt);
                  else
                       system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp",


                   O_CREATE);


                  while(something)
                  {
                      sleep(5);
                      get_user_input();
                      sleep(5);
                      act_on_user_input();
                      sleep(5);
                  }


                  create_general_protection_fault();
              }


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