Microsoft WiX Code Released to SourceForge.Net

nberardi writes "On Monday, April 5, 2004, as part of the Shared Source Initiative, Microsoft released the source code for the Windows Installer XML (WiX) developer tool to SourceForge under the IBM Common Public License or CPL. The WiX project is the first Shared Source Initiative to go "public" on Source Forge rather than a Microsoft site. It is also the first to use an externally created Open Source license. Microsoft supports the idea that a software developer should be free to choose how they license their work and for the goals of WiX, the CPL was the right fit. Is this another ploy from Microsoft to not look like the bad guy, or do you think they are embracing on the Open Source movement?" Slashdot and SourceForge are both part of OSDN.

Comments

Is my calendar wrong?!

[Da Fokka]

I thought April 1st was 4 days ago?!

Re:Is my calendar wrong?!

[UnknowingFool]

No, given Microsoft's history on releases, it's right on time for April Fools according to MS timetables.

Re:Is my calendar wrong?!

[jared_hanson]

No, given Microsoft's history on releases, it's right on time for April Fools according to MS timetables.

You mean the April Fools from two years ago, right?

Uhm

[Dark Lord Seth]

Someone send Lucifer some mittens and one of those funky Russian hats... Must be mighty cold down there right now...

Cue tinfoil hat ravings

[gaj]

Cool. This looks like code I may find usefull. And it's Free. Works for me.

OTOH, I expect several hundred postings, all the rough equivalent of:

"Hey! They can't do that! We're the cool Free Software kids, and they're the Propriatary Software lamers. No fair!"

Not Funny

[Peter Lustig]

They should change that name especially for Germany. Because in German "Wix" sounds like "Wichsen" which means to jerk off. So noone will take this serious.

Re:Background Details of WiX

[spacefight]

How about adding some more Links to the project page?

This is not news

[QEDog]

They released the Win2k source some time ago after all, remember?

Re:This is not news

[Spunk]

"big5" spam

Funny, most of the spam I get tells me that 5 isn't big enough!

Re:questionable...

[kc8apf]

I not sure what's worse, the fact that you took the time to write such a long satirical post, or that you actually were moderated Informative for a while.

Yet another anaology

[Prince Vegeta SSJ4]

Bill Gates (Turning to Face Linus): Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.

Bill Gates: Your friends up there at the sanctuary website [indicates sourceforge] are falling into a trap.

Linus reacts. Bill Gates notes it

Bill Gates: As is your open source community

Bill Gates: It was I who allowed the Open Source Community to know the source code of Windows Installer XML (WiX) developer tool. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. An entire legion of my best Coders awaits them.

Linus' look darts from Bill Gates to Steve Ballmer and, finally, to the Tablet PC in Bill Gates hand.

Bill Gates: Oh...I'm afraid the Trusted Computing Architecture will be quite operational when your friends arrive.

To be continued

Re:Prediction

[Coryoth]

Has anyone here who's posting actually downloaded it and tried it yet?

Come on now, most slashdotters don't even manage to read the article, let alone read, download, extract, compile and execute the article. I think you're pissing into the wind with this one.

Jedidiah.

OMG

[Anonymous Coward]

Ballmer: Linus... I am your father..

Linus: NOOOOOooOOOOoooOOOoooOOOooOOooooo........