>> Sure. So you've got several GB of data, and you can only pick apart a 
>> few dozen bytes of it per day. 
> 
> Except you have reams and reams of documentation telling you what each 
> function does, what arguments it takes, and so on. Way easier than 
> writing a virus.

Yeah, but it doesn't tell you about the million and one undocumented 
features that make Windows actually work properly. (That's what makes 
them... you know... undocumented.)

>> Besides, I was under the distinct impression that it's *illegal* to 
>> reverse-engineer Windows. 
> 
> Probably not. IANAL, but the last lawsuit I looked at in the USA, if you 
> copyright the code, then someone else can reverse engineer it.

And the part in the EULA that says "you must not reverse-engineer this"...?

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