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Microsoft Releases WTL To SourceForge
prostoalex writes "Microsoft's WTL (Windows Template Library) toolkit source code has been released to SourceForge.net [also part of OSDN, like Slashdot.] InternetNews explains that the toolkit allows a Windows developer to create quick GUIs in C++. According to the project page, WTL extends ATL (Active Template Library) and provides a set of classes for controls, dialogs, frame windows, GDI objects, and more. WTL is licensed under CPL, which is the license Microsoft chose for the SourceForge release of the WiX installer."
Microsoft buys OSDN (and Sourceforge, Slashdot, etc)?
I can't wait to find out how microsoft is screwing me today (tm).
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Guys, i'm scared, really scared.
I mean, do I download it? Do I use it? Do I trust it?
All of a sudden nothing makes sense anymore!
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First Windows 2000, now this.
Evidence that pigs do fly has surfaced, new interpretations of the bible by scholars indicate that Hell is actually a frozen wasteland, and RMS backs a decision by Sun not to open Solaris.
By "single" I mean't that he worked on it alone. He's happily married (chicks dig coders!) ;-)
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Oh the angst! Thousands of geeks struggle valiantly for a way to spin this so as to make Microsoft's release of this software for free look bad... hmmm... criticize the license terms? chant "embrace and extend"?
Oh, fuck it.
"Bill gate is a poopyhead, neener neener neener!"
Sulu: Captain, it's the Borg, again. they want us to integrate their technology.
Spock: Captain, I expect they are doing this so they can still feel relevant in the future open-source, linux-dominated software world.
Kirk: Mr Sulu, set phasers to "ignore"
Sulu: Aye, Captain.
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J
You have never seen 'Return of the Jedi'?
You must be new here...
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Microsoft + Sourceforge = The End Of The World
-Imidazole2
there's no configure,
there's no makefile,
I don't think this stuff is compatible with Linux!
I suspect the line "ten years late and a dollar short" came near the end of the last of several contentious MS meetings on WTL.
Worf: Captain, it's the Borg, again. They want us to integrate their technology.
Riker: They've already assimilated 90% of our allies. This will make it easier to interface with their systems, and if there are any problems, we can just tell them to restart their warp cores.
Picard: On mainscreen.
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Since then my computer has rebooted 6 times and I now have a BSOD! I think it's working! :-)
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Microsoft denounces OS
I believe Microsoft is actually very pro-operating system.
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On the other hand, it's good to release once-prioprietary software as open source when you don't plan on using it anymore. You know, like Quake.
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
Because that is the first thing people will sign up for... writing documentation :-)
Is it just me or is it starting to get really cold here? I just saw some red guy with a tail skating around.
If he isn't buying /.'ers blowjobs from Carmen Elektra, who IS he buying them for?
Does this mean I should have BOUGHT WindowsXP???
Don't park drunk, accidents cause people.
Fetch an axe.
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But remember, after years of dealing with what we feel is a horrible interface
:)
Yeah, but Microsoft had nothing to do with Gnome.
Should fit right in with other open source toolkits like Eclipse/SWT, then.
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