Microsoft to reveal Windows code

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U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly delivered her order during a conference call between the parties, potentially expanding the amount of source code available to trustbusters. The states had access to some Windows source code during the liability and settlement phases of the trial.

Analysts warned Microsoft must take serious precautions to make Windows XP source code does not fall into the hands of competitors, which have been working closely with the nine states and the District of Columbia. In separate legal briefs filed over the last few weeks, Microsoft charged that competitors AOL Time Warner and Oracle had a hand in crafting a states' remedy proposal that could change how Microsoft develops and deploys software.