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Microsoft Releases MechCommander 2 Source Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-for-all dept.

SpectreHiro writes "In a shocking move, Microsoft has open sourced... err, 'shared the source' of MechCommander 2. From the site, 'This is the Shared Source release for MechCommander 2. This release contains all of the source code an source assets required to build MechCommander 2. This release can be used with the Microsoft XNA Build March 2006 CTP.'

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  1. Re:license? by fm6 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Even within Wikipedia's loose definitions, that's not an authoritative statement, since it doesn't even try to follow the NPOV. Really, nothing is "according to Wikipedia", it's just according to the last person to edit the passage you're reading.

  2. Debug it? by Yoik · · Score: 0, Troll

    I suspect they just couldn't debug the thing, and want us to do that for them free so they can publish a new version.

    I've had that problem -- a version that kept crashing in soak with three critical releases dependent on that base. It took 18 months to identify an unchecked semaphore.

    Their new release is great if you like the name Bubba.