By John Oates
Published: 30 July 1998 18:00 GMT
A US federal judge has forced Microsoft to reveal the secret code behind Windows 95. Microsoft has five days to comply with the court order.
Utah-based software company, Caldera, is suing Microsoft for alleged unfair practices. It claims the software giant illegally bundled Windows 95 - and Windows 3.1 before it - with its version of DOS. Caldera makes an alternative DOS, called DR-DOS.
The court asked Microsoft to hand over the code in February but no action was taken.
A spokesman for IT forum, The Open Group, said: "We welcome any company putting code in the public domain. It is good for the user - they can make better-informed buying decisions. There is a risk in implementing any technology - more information helps reduce this risk."
The court also ordered Novell - which sold DR-DOS to Caldera - to hand over lawyer's documents which it had prepared for another case.
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