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.NET Framework code source announcement reactions

04-Oct-07

Pretty interesting.
Before the announcement (this was like a prelude):
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon.skeet/archive/2006/09/11/Opening-up-the-.NET-framework-source-code.aspx
And then,
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/developer/microsofts_net_poison_pill.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Miguel de Icaza’s opinion:
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Oct-03.html
Yet Another Interview With Shawn Burke (YAIWSB) about this (this is the other one ):
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=345805#345805
From the Linux perspective:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2191754,00.asp
The trolling perspective:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/10/a_patent_trolli.html
The “Bruce Springsteen” perspective:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1493
Blog watch:
http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/6305
Scoble says .NET open-source: http://scobleizer.com/2007/10/03/microsoft-open-sourcing-after-everyone-else/
O’ RLY? NO RLY: http://scobleizer.com/2007/10/03/scoble-is-a-big-net-idiot/
And a quick reminder: http://evain.net/blog/articles/2007/10/03/quick-reminder
A funny one: http://haacked.com/archive/2007/10/05/perception-vs-reality-regarding-the-.net-framework-source-code.aspx
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.NET Framework open?

03-Oct-07

I think this is one of the biggest steps Microsoft ever made in this direction. They will be releasing the source code for the .NET Framework Library, especially for adding support in debugging.
The announcement was made today, but the release will be later this year, along with .NET 3.5 and VS2008.
Another cool thing is that […]