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Comment Re:Where do you draw the line? (Score 1) 650

There's no cost to releasing it to the public domain

Doubtful. Some code may have licensing issued preventing it, and even trying to sort that out could be time consuming and expensive.

Maybe there is code in there they still use in other products. Maybe they consider some proprietary and don't want to release it. Maybe it could reveal bugs in those current offerings. Maybe it is a mess they don't feel reflects well on the company? All of those could create costs for MS.

Submission + - CDC Blog - Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse (cdc.gov)

scotbuff writes: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote an article about preparing for a zombie apocalypse on their blog. The CDC knows that a zombie apocalypse is no joke. Unfortunately following some mentions by the mainstream media the web servers hosting the blog appear to be struggling. Hopefully during a real zombie apocalypse the CDC servers fair better. A Slashdotting should provide the final headshot."

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