(A side note to the story that the Win2k source code was placed
on the Internet.)


	In a related story, Linus Torvalds was forced to announce today 
that the source code for the Linux operating system was made public on the 
Internet.

	"We're not sure how it was leaked.  What's up there certainly
looks legitimate, and we've had reports that some of it even compiles.  
It appears it may have been leaked back in August, 1991, originally to
an FTP server in Finland."

	There are at least 3 servers that appear to have Linux source
code available, although online discussions indicate that there may be
many more.  There is speculation that the code can be acquired through
FTP, Gopher, HTTP, Bittorrent, Rsync, SMB, NFS, AFS, Freenet, and that
people may even be _selling_ CD's and DVD's with the code.

	SCO was quick to comment that "After they copied those 5 lines
from one of our header files, the {deleted} deserved it.  As soon as we
find a person in our company that knows how to download a file, we'll be
comparing every line of Linux to this stuff we bought from AT&T.  Oh
hey!   We've already found something - they copied the word '#include'
from us!"  The phone interview was cut short as Mr. McBride was called
away to launch a new lawsuit.

	Law enforcement agencies have been contacted and are 
investigating, but the process is slow as the officers involved are
heard to exclaim "Wow, it has a GUI?", "Damn, this is stable - I can't
crash it at all!", "Whadda you mean, Office is included?", and "How do
I turn off the grappling hook and use the rocket launcher?"