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Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the take-a-look-at-this dept.

mhh5 writes "It's a bit surprising, but it looks like Microsoft is considering making some of its code open source. Obviously, Microsoft's OS or Office are not going to be opened, and it seems like Microsoft is just trying to get more developers, but it's a interesting change of policy."

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  1. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to get my hands on that DOS 3.3 source. I shall build the mightiest DOS EVER!!!!

    1. Re:Finally! by elasticwings · · Score: 5, Funny

      Better yet, we can finally have the source to port Clippy to every application.

    2. Re:Finally! by maxbang · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ha! From the article: "There's more of that on the way," said Microsoft's Stephen Walli...

      That's like a fat chick showing you a boob and saying, "There's more where that came from."

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  2. Re:I have the source... by TheShadowHawk · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about GOTO's?

    Surely there must be at LEAST ONE GOTO!

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  3. If the Office source code was released by stox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thousands of open source developers around the world would die as their head's exploded.

    We used to have a joke at Bell Labs regarding the source code for the 5ESS. If we ever wanted to eliminate any competition, we would send them a copy of the source, and they would go bankrupt trying to figure it out.

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  4. Ahh, you beat me to it by TiggertheMad · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Although, the possibilities of porting MS Bob to LINUX are intriguing...

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  5. Tcp/Ip stack by obdulio · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are going to open the source of their network protocols. The first thing they are opening is the TCP/IP protocols. ;-)

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  6. BSOD by accidental_1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even better, we can find out what all those BSOD messages are.