Microsoft has cited security reasons for not handing the code out. Some people see Microsoft as a company that has done a bad thing by keeping its source code locked up. A source code is like the recipe for producing the software computer users eventually buy. Access to such blueprints was a major source of contention during Microsoft's battle with the federal government over whether it had violated antitrust laws. Documents were introduced that revealed that some computer makers had access to the source code while others didn't.
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Still, security consultant Martin said it's clear that the attacker was using some sophisticated techniques to get into a company as technologically savvy as Microsoft. Usually when things like this happen it's . . Staff writers James V. Grimaldi and David A. Vise contributed to this report. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.