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Thursday, March 28
The Indiana Daily Student

Silicon Valley tech company probed for theft

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The investigation into the illegal disclosure of blueprints for some versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software has turned to a small technology company in Silicon Valley that works closely with Microsoft.\nSelf-appointed sleuths eager to solve one of the technology industry's most intriguing mysteries found references inside files accompanying the leaked Windows blueprints indicating Mainsoft Corp. had been working with the computer code before it began circulating on the Internet.\nMicrosoft has provided Mainsoft access to parts of its Windows blueprints since at least 1994 under conditions that generally prohibited them from disclosing those blueprints to others. Mainsoft helps businesses convert their customized Windows programs to run on rival operating systems, such as Unix.\nMainsoft chairman Mike Gullard pledged to cooperate fully with Microsoft and U.S. authorities investigating the breach.

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