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Microsoft .Net Libraries Not Acting "Open Source"

Posted by kdawson on from the promises-broken-or-forgotten dept.

figleaf writes "Three years ago, with much fanfare, Microsoft announced it would make some of the .Net libraries open source using the Microsoft Reference License. Since then Microsoft has reneged on its promise. The reference code site is dead, the blog hasn't been updated in a year and a half, and no one from Microsoft responds to questions on the forum."

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  1. Re:This should have been seen from the start by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's okay to lie about things if they don't matter. We learned that from Bubba's sex with that fat chick in the Oral Office. So what if MS promised something about making something open sores? What if they truly meant it at the time, and what if they never did? It doesn't matter, because "open source" doesn't matter. What if they promised to convert all the .NET class names to French? And then didn't do it? AGHHHHHH!!!!! I HAATTTTE MSMSMSMSMSMSMSMS!!!!!!!!!ONE11111