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  1. Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6

    Developers · Microsoft · · posted by timothy · from the don't-knock-it-yet dept. · 205 comments
    msmoriarty writes "Microsoft told a group of MVPs today at Tech-Ed that it plans to take Visual Basic 6 open source and will release the source code on CodePlex. A source at the event said that Microsoft is planning to release only the VB6 language on codeplex – not Visual Studio or related tools." Update: 05/20 02:24 GMT by T : Alas, too good to be true. msmoriarty writes with an apologetic retraction: "We got it wrong — Microsoft denied and went back to our source and they pulled confirmation. Our apologies."

  2. Microsoft Gives In To the EU

    Politics · Microsoft · · posted by kdawson · from the playing-nice dept. · 161 comments
    An anonymous reader writes with word that Redmond Developer News is reporting that Microsoft has given in to EU threats of further fines. The company has opened up a whole host of protocols, including the Exchange protocol, under a license, the terms of which are not known. No other news outlet has picked up this story so far.