A question about Longhorn

[Resident007]

Hello everyone! Is there a possibility of leaking LH 4044 or 4050?

[Wheatley]

Asking will not work.

[Resident007]

Asking will not work.

What do you mean?

[Archenemy]

What do you mean?

An unleaked build doesn't get leaked because a member asks for it, it will leak if someone decides to leak it.

[Resident007]

What do you mean?

An unleaked build doesn't get leaked because a member asks for it, it will leak if someone decides to leak it.

I undersood, but I was just asking if it's possible if someone decides to do it because i know it's .private build

[Archenemy]

I undersood, but I was just asking if it's possible if someone decides to do it because i know it's .private build

If someone decides to leak it they will if they have the build.

[JimOlive]

Technacally, yes there is a chance, but how high, I don't know.

[Samuka]

I prefer builds 5001 to 5099, but, if exist, maybe only on Microsoft internal server (or nor there)

[ReztaNZ]

Hello everyone! Is there a possibility of leaking LH 4044 or 4050?

It's a bit like the end of the world; could be today, tomorrow, next week or in 10 years. Just a "wait and see" type of thing at this point sadly.

[wasabilee]

actually the most sad thing is that this is so OLD OS (not to mention how broken and experimental it is)
and quite insignificant nowdays that it makes no sense to keep builds of it hidden

its not year 2004/5 anymore... its 2015

[Resident007]

okay. thanks everyone for the answers. i will be waiting

[lucas93]

actually the most sad thing is that this is so OLD OS (not to mention how broken and experimental it is)
and quite insignificant nowdays that it makes no sense to keep builds of it hidden

its not year 2004/5 anymore... its 2015

Sure, you can say that because there is no risk Microsoft will send lawyers after you. Just because its old doesn't mean nobody cares for it. For people leaking things the risk is very real.
If the entire source tree for the retail version of HL2 were to suddenly leak (as in all maps, models, textures and code) do you think Valve would sit around and go "meh"? It's naive to think that large businesses won't protect their IP simply because its old.

[wasabilee]

nobody is talking about source code... ...
for crying out loud, you have weekly leaks of boring win 10 and nothing happens

I fail to see who gives a rats arse there for outdated, bugged-out, totally insecure half baked OS

[Archenemy]

I fail to see who gives a rats arse there for outdated, bugged-out, totally insecure half baked OS

Because of some of the features that never made it into the final RTM build. We only test these betas on Virtual Machines and/or secondary computers and/or secondary hard drives.

[Maza]

actually the most sad thing is that this is so OLD OS (not to mention how broken and experimental it is)
and quite insignificant nowdays that it makes no sense to keep builds of it hidden

its not year 2004/5 anymore... its 2015

Sure, you can say that because there is no risk Microsoft will send lawyers after you. Just because its old doesn't mean nobody cares for it. For people leaking things the risk is very real.
If the entire source tree for the retail version of HL2 were to suddenly leak (as in all maps, models, textures and code) do you think Valve would sit around and go "meh"? It's naive to think that large businesses won't protect their IP simply because its old.

How is your response even relevant to what wasabilee had written? He didn't say that nobody cares for it. His point was that because of its age one would expect it to have leaked by now, but it hasn't.

[Lukas Marsik]

actually the most sad thing is that this is so OLD OS (not to mention how broken and experimental it is)
and quite insignificant nowdays that it makes no sense to keep builds of it hidden

its not year 2004/5 anymore... its 2015

I guess you never traded builds before, there's this key aspect of trading which is the value of a build and that doesn't deteriorate based on age at all. People still keep things to themselves because they obviously want more and if someone wanted to have his 10 minutes of fame by leaking something like a Longhorn build, sure, he'll have them but his sources&friends which keep him up-to-date with said stuff will just cut off contact with him and (almost) nobody wants that.

[wasabilee]

except there's nothing valuable to trade anymore
most "exceptional" lets call them that, were leaked...
these remnants are just... oh well... I don't blame people to keep their treasure

Its just objectivly absurd not no leak it after 10 years