One day, Microsoft could "open source" the code that underpins the OS---giving it away for free. So says Mark Russinovich, one of the company's top engineers. Microsoft's software empire rests on Windows, the computer operating system that runs so many of the world's desktop PCs, laptops, phones, and servers. Along with the Office franchise, it generates the majority of the company's revenues. But
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